The Fiel contraste is a sculptural group created by the Spanish sculptor Ramón Conde, located in Pontevedra, Spain.
The central statue recalls the medieval Civil Servant (hired by the town hall) who, at the entrance to the walls of Pontevedra, near the Bastida Tower, faithfully contrasted with his scales the weights and measures of the goods that were to be sold in the city.
The disappearance of this profession occurred with the unification of weights and measures brought about by the Bourbon administration, with the appearance of the metric system and, finally, with the inauguration of the current City Hall in 1880.
The central bronze piece is the Faithful Contrast, which represents a Herculean man (characteristic of Ramón Conde's work) and timeless, with his left arm extended holding a pair of scales in his hand.
[5] His strong features denote power and authority in the exercise of his function to resolve conflicts about the exact weight of products in the city's fairs and markets.