{"id":646,"date":"2024-03-31T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galiciatips.com\/en\/?p=646"},"modified":"2024-03-30T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:20:51","slug":"feismo-the-galician-architecture-and-art-of-making-things-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galiciatips.com\/en\/2024\/03\/31\/feismo-the-galician-architecture-and-art-of-making-things-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Fe\u00edsmo, the Galician architecture and art of making things ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a novel I came accross the term &#8216;Fe\u00edsmo&#8217;. Fe\u00edsmo is the art of making things ugly, especially in Galicia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had never heard of fe\u00edsmo before, but those who speak Spanish and understand it refers to rural construction can probably immediately grasp the idea. 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