The Meninas of Canido

Canido is a neighborhood-scale mural project built around endless reinterpretations of Velázquez's 'Las Meninas.' What began as Eduardo Hermida's artistic protest against neglect turned into an open-air gallery spread through streets, corners, and facades in Ferrol's upper quarter. The style range is one of the route's pleasures: some Meninas are elegant, painterly, and almost classical; others are comic, subversive, abstracted, political, or playful. Historical context is central here, because the murals were part of a broader effort to reclaim a forgotten district and restore civic attention. The local flavor is Galician and deeply neighborhood-based—stone walls, steep urban edges, weathered buildings, and art used as a tool of renewal rather than decoration alone.

Cruceiro de Canido / Rúa Doutor Sixto Seco, Canido, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain