As Duas Marias, Santiago de Compostela

Las Marías, Las Dos Marías, Las Dos en Punto or Cara de Palo is the name given in Santiago de Compostela to the couple formed by the sisters Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart, represented since 1994 in a famous sculpture located in the Alameda Park, in Santiago.

The two sisters became popular characters in the city because they took a daily stroll through the Zona Vella, during the fifties and sixties, dressed and made up in eccentric clothes, while flirting with young university students.This walk, which took place at two o'clock in the afternoon, the time when most students went to lunch and, therefore, when there was more activity in the streets of downtown Santiago, was quite an event because of the contrast with the atmosphere that reigned in Spain during Franco's dictatorship.

Coralia, the youngest and tallest, was shy and not very talkative, while Maruxa, smaller but older, was the one who was in charge. Nicknamed the Marías, they were also described as "crazy" and "spinsters". What is known as one of the most representative icons of the city of Santiago de Compostela, is due to a process of social and institutional mistreatment, protected by the regime of the dictator Francisco Franco.