The City Council of Camariñas approves in a historic plenary session the change of name of Avenida Ambrosio Feijoo to 'Avenida das Palilleiras'‘ 

The City Council of Camariñas has just made history this Wednesday, April 1, with the celebration of an extraordinary plenary session at the Mostra do Encaixe fairgrounds, just before the official inauguration of its thirty-fifth edition. The municipal corporation approved the modification of the name of the current Avenida Ambrosio Feijoo, which from today will officially be called Avenida das Palilleiras.

The local government promoted this change in compliance with current regulations on democratic memory, in order to “adapt the municipal street to the principles of respect, coexistence and recognition of democratic values”. However, the measure transcends the administrative procedure to become “an expression of institutional and collective recognition to all the women who, with their silent, constant and masterful work, were and are the heart of the identity of Camariñas”.

In her closing speech of the plenary session, the mayor addressed the toothpick makers present in the Víctor Vigo pavilion directly to highlight the immensity of their legacy: “for centuries, your work was silent, often invisible and almost always done behind closed doors, by candlelight or by the window. But with those toothpicks, with those picks and with that thread, you not only helped to get your families through the hardest times; you helped to build Camariñas. You put our name on the world map.”.

The official justification for the street change emphasizes that the artisans represent much more than a tradition; they are “living memory, transmission of knowledge between generations, pride and the most authentic symbol of a town that has managed to make lace a sign of universal identity”.

The mayor emphasized the strong symbolic charge of renaming the street: "changing this name is an act of historical justice, dignity and feminist vindication. From today, one of the main streets in our town will bear your name. And when our girls and boys walk along it, when they see that plaque, they will know that the true greatness and history of Camariñas is written in feminine terms.".

The execution of this plenary session takes on an even deeper meaning as it coincides with the opening of such a grand and historic edition as the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Mostra do Encaixe. The City Council thus pays a just and necessary tribute to the true protagonists of this collective trajectory: “those who were, those who are and those who will continue to keep alive this art that defines us as a people”.