Entre la nostalgia y el recuerdo. Iconografía de San Francisco de Pontevedra

This article has as a priority to show the iconography generated by one of the most significant architectures in Pontevedra, as the Franciscan convent is. Since the thirteenth century this city started its age of plenitude and urban development, becoming one of the main ports in the Galician coast. That economic prosperity encouraged the growth of its population and the urban expansion, attracting at an early period, the new mendicant orders —Dominics and Franciscans— who were beginning to settle in various parts of the geography of Galicia. However, throughout the nineteenth century, the city underwent deep changes which especially affected its sacred architecture. Therefore, in the following pages we will focus on analyzing the importance of graphic documentation to know what were the changes experienced by the convent and the image that was forging of it