Tertulia Monument (Literary Circle in Modern Coffee)

The Monument to the Tertulia, known as the Literary Circle in Modern Coffee, is a sculptural group created by the Spanish sculptor César Lombera, in Pontevedra (Spain).

It is located in Saint Joseph's Square in front of the Café Moderno[1] and the central building of the former Provincial Savings Bank of Pontevedra and was inaugurated on 13 January 2006.

It was on a marble table in the now defunct Café Méndez Núñez, located in the Plaza de la Peregrina, that Vicente Risco and Castelao conceived the magazine Nós, which would be published for a time at the Poza printing house in Michelena street.

After February 1936, these meetings were always multitudinous because Castelao brought direct information from the Congress, and it was in the context of this debate that the Galician Statute of Autonomy movement developed.

The youngest member of the group, Carlos Casares, leans on the latter two, observing the scene, while all the participants in the meeting watch the performance of the violinist from Pontevedra, Manuel Quiroga.