The region

The Rosa Porrino is explored around the town of Porrino Mos, which is located in the region of Galicia - northwest of Spain. The name Porrino comes from the surname of the Ghovary king: El Pueril (from the Latin word puerilis). The town started to be known as Hijos de Puerilis (Puerilis sons), from where the name of the actual Porrino was derived.

Later in history the Romans introduced new production tecniques and it is believed that it was then the beggining of the granite quarry work, with the Roman town of Porrino as the most important supplier of this material for the construction projects done all over the northwest of Spain.




The local economy has a predominantely industrial character, thanks to its large industrial zones and its granite quarries, one of the largest in the World for this type of stone. The typical and unique Rosa Porrino is used throughout the World in different projects. Other relevant sectors on the local economy are the auto industry, civil construction, granite transformation, machinery industry and several service industries. This region is very well developed in terms of communications, with major roads, rail connections and sea ports.

The granite

The Rosa Porrino is explored by many companies around the town of Porrino. The quarries are considered of large dimension, with exploration areas of large width. The blocks extracted are of large dimension. The Rosa Porrino is a granite that has been explored for a long time, nonetheless it is estimated that there are still large reserves of this granite for future exploration.

The Rosa Porrino is the most universal and internationally recognized of all Spanish granites, with projects found all over the World. The Rosa Porrino market is quite well established and there are today several companies extracting, transforming and commercializing this granite. There is also a high demand coming from different markets, which normally is fulfilled in terms of supply.

Overall analysis

To begin with, the Rosa Porrino has a very attractive appearance, with a well balanced combination of all its colours and the dark pink as the primary colour. It is also a granite with very good technical properties, which can be used in basically any application.

But perhaps what makes the Rosa Porrino more interesting, is the fact that is so widely known and accessible. Due to its worldwide marketing and commercialization, it has become accessible to most people at competitive prices.