This green space and leisure area arose when the town grew and the Felipe de Castro gardens were created at the end of the nineteenth century; the name comes from the bust on top of a pedestal, at the entrance of the gardens, of the eighteenth-century Noia artist, who was a royal sculptor in the times of Fernando VI and director of the Royal Academy of Fine Art of San Fernando. The bronze bust was placed here at the end of the nineteenth century and the large Japanese magnolias are from the same time. Two more busts were added on the Day of Galician Letters honouring two Noia writers: that of Antón Avilés de Taramancos (by the artist Camilo Seira) in two thousand three and that of María Mariño (by the Noia artist Soleda Penalta) in two thousand seven. This area, which points to Noia as the cradle of artists, also features the bust of a Noia musician, Prudencio Romo, the co-founder of the group Los Tamara that revolutionised Galician music; this sculpture was made by the Noia artist Emilio Mariño.
This area of gardens is followed by the Alameda park that has been modified over time. It is worth highlighting its benches with cast-iron backs featuring the year when they were made and placed here; the most recent ones have been renovated. The original sandy ground was covered in nineteen sixty-eight with tiles, which have recently been renewed; the bandstand was erected in nineteen fifty and the children’s playground was created in nineteen seventy.