Camino Portugues Central (Spain section): Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares
A Benedictine monastery born to watch over the newly found tomb of the Apostle James, with twelve monks at first.
- Monte Penide
Natural landmark, in Redondela, Spain, at 449 m elevation.
- San Martiño Pinario monastery
The second largest monastery in Spain after El Escorial, built around 899 by Benedictine monks and by the sixteenth century the most powerful in Galicia.
- Monastery of San Francisco do Val de Deus
A Franciscan convent founded in the early thirteenth century on land the Benedictines of San Martiño Pinario gave in exchange for a basket of fish a year, still delivered in the late 1700s.
- Palacio de Rajoy
18th-century neoclassical architecture palace. Designed by Carlos Lemaur.
- Monument to Saint Francis
20th-century monument, designed by Francisco Asorey, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 256 m elevation, 12 m tall, built in marble.
- Museum of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago
Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago. 20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Granell Museum
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Monte Pedroso
Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 461 m elevation.
- Museo Casa da Troia
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo do Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo de Terra Santa
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Fountain of the Horses
Fountain, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Saint Fructuosus
18th-century church in Churrigueresque style, designed by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Saint Michael dos Agros
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of María Salomé, Santiago de Compostela
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of San Bieito do Campo
Church in Neoclassical style, designed by Melchor de Prado y Mariño, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of San Fiz de Solovio
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Iglesia de la Compañía
Church in baroque style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Sant Mary of the Way
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Santa Susana, Santiago de Compostela
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
A Romanesque cathedral begun in 1075 and consecrated in 1211, with a Baroque Obradoiro front from 1738 to 1750 built to shelter the Portico de la Gloria.
- Monte do Gozo
Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 372 m elevation.
- Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval
Monument in Gothic style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Fountain of Santa Clara
Fountain, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Hospital of the Catholic Monarchs
16th-century plateresque unknown. Designed by Enrique Egas.
- International bridge Tui - Valença
20th-century bridge, in Tui, Portugal, at 15 m elevation, built in reinforced concrete.
- Pontevedra Museum
Unknown dating to 1927. Founded by Diputación Provincial de Pontevedra.
- Palacio de la Diputación de Pontevedra
19th-century eclectic architecture unknown. Designed by Alejandro Sesmero.
- Castle da Rocha Forte
Castle. Designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Monument to Rosalía de Castro
20th-century monument, designed by Isidro de Benito Domínguez, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Igreja da Misericórdia de Valença
Church, in Valença, Cristelo Covo e Arão, Portugal, designated as Included in protected site.
- Igreja Paroquial de Valença
Church in Romanesque style, dedicated to Mary, in Valença, Cristelo Covo e Arão, Portugal, designated as Included in protected site.
- Church of Saint Dominic of Bonaval
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Saint Peter de Fóra
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Santiago de Compostela - Ánxel Casal
20th-century monument, dedicated to Ánxel Casal Gosenge, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Pazo de Fonseca
16th-century monument in Spanish Renaissance style, designed by Juan de Álava, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Old Town of Santiago de Compostela
Monument, in A Coruña Province, Spain, designated as World Heritage Site, covering 107.6 km².
- Pazo de San Lorenzo de Trasouto
Monument in Romanesque art in Galicia style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Convent of Santa Clara de Santiago de Compostela
Convent of Poor Clares founded in 1260, known above all for its granite curtain facade of 1719, a bold piece of Compostela Baroque.
- Colegiata de Santa María del Sar
Monument in Romanesque art style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Convent of San Francisco
Monastery in Gothic art style, in Pontevedra, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Catedral de Santa María de Tuy
A late Romanesque cathedral with a Gothic west front, whose main gate is thought to be the first Gothic sculpture group on the Iberian Peninsula, by French stonemasons.
- Torres de Lestrove
Tower, in Lestrobe, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Pazo de Lourizán
Monument in Art Nouveau style, designed by Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez, in Lourizán, Spain, designated as cultural heritage, at 31 m elevation.
- Ruins of Santo Domingo
Monument in Gothic style, in Pontevedra city, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Basilica of Santa María la Mayor
15th-century church in Gothic style, dedicated to Mary, in Pontevedra, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
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