Our Story · Mi Mansión Perogrulla

Where all this comes from

Before Mi Mansión Perogrulla, Marta spent years running a cooperative in a restored monastery — a non-profit project that came to have quite an impact: it was covered on television and in the press, and became known as a landmark in the area.

Like any project that truly opens its doors, it went through very difficult times, made worse by the pandemic, which left the house without visitors for a long while. They were years of a lot of learning — and also a lot of personal effort.

The present: Mi Mansión Perogrulla

This new project, in Buxán, was born out of that experience. The underlying idea is the same — an open house, sustained by donations — but with the intention of giving it a more solid and recognised footing. The old cooperative is now in the process of being dissolved; Marta's wish is for that same spirit of "public benefit" to continue in a new legal form, so that this kind of project — open houses, sustained by donations, at the service of whoever needs them — can gain real institutional recognition.

"My request, this place's request, is that everyone should have their own little home."

Arriving in Buxán

Camino de Santiago waymarkers right in front of the house entrance — The Camino waymarkers, right at the entrance. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

A mug on a Camino waymarker, with the word CAMINO shaped out of rope — A good-morning coffee, on the Camino. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

The traditional granary next to the house — The hórreo, next to the house. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

The house, inside and out

The house seen from beneath a tree — The house, peeking through the branches. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

The house under a dramatic sky — A sky like this, most afternoons. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

The living room by day, with sofas and natural light — The living room, by day. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

The kitchen, with its spices and hanging utensils — The kitchen, always ready for cooking together. Photo: Xandra Iglesias.

In the press

La Voz de Galicia, a Galician newspaper, ran a feature on Marta and this project — "A woman from A Coruña takes in people with few resources in Buxán", written by journalist Cristina Viu. It tells how Marta opened the doors of her house in Buxán to pilgrims and people with few resources, and how she's asking other institutions, such as the Church, to open their own empty spaces to those who need them too.