Contexto histórico
The Pazo de Raxoy is a magnificent building, the result of the will of Archbishop Bartolome Raxoy y Losada, who will invest more than three million reais in the work, plus the funds to equip it. The city council of Santiago and the seminary for confessors were created to accommodate two very different profiles.
The Raxoy pazo arises from a long process that was debated between the recipients, the uses, the location and the character of the building. On the one hand, the city council that wanted to build a new town hall to group its offices scattered throughout the city; jail renovate an old rundown facility. On the other hand, Archbishop Raxoy's commitment to help as much as possible, reserved an area of Obradoiro for his project and commissioned the projects.
In February 1764 Lucas Ferro presented his proposal for the new town hall to the corporation, with a budget of 1,120,000 reales, making the most of the materials from the jail and the wall. In December the archbishop responded with a proposal that mixed two institutions under the same roof, in April 1766 Rajoy informed the council that the Seminary would go to the Obradoiro but the city council refused, arguing that this land was reserved for its headquarters, giving as an example the plans of Lucas Ferro and the claim reaching the council of Castilla.
After some time they reach an agreement, the archbishop will build a new building in which a part would be reserved for the town hall; ecclesiastical and civil prisons. In August 1766 the lines began to be laid and the stakes were fixed so that the foundations could be opened. But on September 11 of that same year, the hospital administrator reported that the building seriously offended his institution due to the occupation of the surrounding land, due to the height that would reduce ventilation and light to the hospital stays, and in February 1767 the stoppage of the hospitals was ordered. plays.
The archbishop agrees to move the building back and lower the height. To reach a solution, the Marquis de Croix, Captain General of Galicia and highest representative of the kingdom, required the services of engineer Charles Lemaur and arrived in Galicia in March 1767.
Lemaur does not see any problem with the new location proposed by the archbishop, although he proposes to relocate the building a bit to expand the square in front of it, in May 1767 the council lifted the stoppage, adjusting to the plan made by Charles Lemaur in 1873, the building was already habitable and the council sends notice to the town hall to take possession of the new facilities