Dinoseto — Vigo

💡 5 things to know

1. The wrong roundaboutMaintenance workers first placed it on a roundabout on Rosalía de Castro street. It was said at the time to be a mistake, as it was meant for a park in the Navia area, and it was soon taken away. Público · Xataka, 23 May 2022 · VigoÉ, 9 Jan 2026 Reported Internet users followed its trips around the city and gave it the name Dinoseto (in Spanish, dinosaurio + seto, hedge). Público · Xataka, 23 May 2022 Reported
2. The most photographed monumentMayor Abel Caballero called it “el monumento más fotografiado de Vigo” (the most photographed monument in Vigo). Crowds of visitors led the city to add a photo area and a barrier to protect the boxwood. Xataka, 23 May 2022 Reported
3. A calf called DinosetiñoA smaller dinosaur, Dinosetiño, joined it about a year later; the two have moved together since. Atlántico, 9 Feb 2026 · El Español, 2 Oct 2025 · VigoÉ, 2 Oct 2024 Checked
4. Moved for building worksWorks on the Porta do Sol in autumn 2020 forced a move to the Alameda of Praza de Compostela, meant to last about a year and a half. VigoÉ, 30 Oct 2020 · Metropolitano, 16 Mar 2023 Checked It stayed 47 months. VigoÉ, 2 Oct 2024 Checked
5. Restoration at O CastroBy 2022 Xataka described the shrub as bare and dry, with its wire frame showing. On 2 October 2024 the pair were taken to the municipal nursery in O Castro to be restored. Xataka, 23 May 2022 · VigoÉ, 2 Oct 2024 · El Español, 2 Oct 2025 Checked A year later the frame was still exposed from the neck up, and in February 2026 the council was considering a spot on the new mirador of the Barrio do Cura project. El Español, 2 Oct 2025 · Atlántico, 9 Feb 2026 Reported

📍 Check-in guide

🗓️ Sightings

1. 201612 May

   Roi González Villa photo · camera date

2. 202027 Aug

   Porta do Sol photo · camera date

3. 202030 Oct

   Leaving Porta do Sol · VigoÉ

4. 202223 May

   “Dying” in the Alameda · Xataka

5. 20241 Aug

   Losing its shape · VigoÉ

6. 20242 Oct

   Moved to O Castro · VigoÉ

7. 202523 May

   At the nursery · Atlántico

8. 20252 Oct

   Still being restored · El Español

9. 20269 Feb

   New site considered · Atlántico

Every stamp links to its source. Green stamps are camera dates of photographs on Wikimedia Commons. Amber stamps are dated reports in Vigo and Spanish media. The status stamp follows El Español’s report of 2 October 2025, which found Dinoseto at the O Castro nursery, off public display; we found no dated photograph newer than that.

📰 On the record

✅ The facts

Work

Dinoseto, a topiary dinosaur of boxwood (boj) on a wire frame, with a smaller companion, Dinosetiño. Público · Xataka, 23 May 2022 · El Español, 2 Oct 2025 Checked

Makers

No designer or nursery is named in the sources we found. Público · VigoÉ, 9 Jan 2026 Unconfirmed It is maintained by the Concello de Vigo, whose municipal technicians are restoring it. Xataka, 23 May 2022 · VigoÉ, 10 Sep 2024 · Atlántico, 23 May 2025 Checked

Date

2015. Atlántico, 9 Feb 2026 · El Español, 2 Oct 2025 Checked

Location

Rosalía de Castro roundabout (briefly), then Porta do Sol; Alameda of Praza de Compostela from November 2020; municipal nursery in O Castro since 2 October 2024. Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Público · VigoÉ, 30 Oct 2020 · Metropolitano, 16 Mar 2023 · VigoÉ, 2 Oct 2024 · El Español, 2 Oct 2025 Checked

Name

Coined by internet users. Público · Xataka, 23 May 2022 Reported

Status

Off public display, being restored at the O Castro nursery; reported there in October 2025 and February 2026. El Español, 2 Oct 2025 · Atlántico, 9 Feb 2026 Reported

Our photo

The photograph used in the Street Art Utopia post: Toatway’s “Dinoseto topiary”, camera date 27 August 2020, Porta do Sol. Toatway, Wikimedia Commons Checked

🔗 Related

• Someone Got Carried Away With the Hedge (6 Photos): the SAU collection with Dinoseto

All sources (13)

Local news

• VigoÉ: “El Dinoseto abandona la Porta do Sol”, 30 October 2020. The move to the Alameda for the Porta do Sol works.
• Metropolitano: Caballero on a possible return to Porta do Sol, 16 March 2023. On the Alameda since November 2020.
• VigoÉ: “Los dinosetos abandonados a su suerte”, Julio Alonso, 1 August 2024. Decline on the Alameda.
• VigoÉ: Caballero announces the restoration, 10 September 2024. The mayor’s quote.
• VigoÉ: “Accidentada mudanza del símbolo de Vigo”, David Augusto, 2 October 2024. The move to O Castro after 47 months.
• Atlántico: “¿Dónde está Dinoseto? Este es su estado actual”, 23 May 2025. At the nursery.
• VigoÉ: “Sin noticias del Dinoseto”, Julio Alonso, 9 January 2026. The roundabout story; no news since 2024.
• Atlántico: “El regreso de Dinoseto”, 9 February 2026. Born in 2015; a possible site in the Barrio do Cura project.

National press

• Público (Luzes): “Dinoseto: la delirante historia de un dinosaurio de boj en Vigo”, 26 July 2021. The roundabout, Navia and the name.
• Xataka (Magnet): “La lenta muerte de Dinoseto”, 23 May 2022. The mayor’s quote, the photo area, the decline.
• El Español (Treintayseis): Dinoseto a year after the move, Mauro Picatoste, 2 October 2025. Still being restored at O Castro.

Dated photographs

• Toatway: Dinoseto topiary, camera date 27 August 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0. The hero and share image; also used in the SAU post.
• Roi González Villa: Dinoseto 4, camera date 12 May 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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