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• Monastery of Santa María in Armenteira. Meis.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 36192. Armenteira (Santa María P.). Meis. Pontevedra. (Galicia) E-mail: info@monasteriodearmenteira.org. www.monasteriodearmenteira.org. This monastery belongs to the Cistercian order and was founded by the knight Ero de Armenteira in 1168. It has a square cloister, a kitchen, and a tower, all in th…

• San Juan Monastery. Poio.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Convento 2. 36995. Poio de Arriba. Poio. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986778405 | Founded by San Fructuoso in the 7th century, during the Middle Ages it accumulated feudal power over this part of the Pontevedra Ría. The Benedictine monks abandoned the monastery in 1835, because of the S…

• Ruins of the Santo Domingo Monastery. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Montero Ríos s/n. 36001. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 886201301 | E-mail: secretaria.museo@depo.es. www.museo.depontevedra.es. The convent, founded in 1281, belonged to the Dominican order. It is built in Gothic style. Of the church, only the sanctuary with five polygonal chapels is pres…

• Santa María la Mayor Basilica. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Santa María 24. 36002. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986866185 | www.riasbaixas.depo.es. The basilica of Santa Maria la Mayor is one of the jewels in the crown of Galician Gothic architecture. It is a clear example of Spanish Elizabethan Gothic architecture. Built in the sixteenth centu…

• Church of La Peregrina. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Peregrina, s/n. 36003. Pontevedra. (Galicia) www.riasbaixas.depo.es. This church's dedication to the cult of the Virgin, as well as its unusual design in the shape of a scallop shell, indicate that it was intended for use by pilgrims on the road to Santiago. It is located beside the Goth…

• Pontevedra Museum. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Pasantería 2-12. 36002. Pontevedra. (Galicia) www.museo.depo.es. From Celtic art to Murillo and Zurbarán. The museum's collections are distributed over five different venues: Santo Domingo Convent, Sarmiento Palace, the Castro Monteagudo building, and the García Flórez and Fernández López buil…

• San Francisco Church. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Jardines de Castro San Pedro s/n. 36002. Pontevedra. (Galicia) www.riasbaixas.depo.es. Built between the 14th and 15th centuries, it forms part of the mendicant type of church in Galicia. It is Gothic in style and has a Latin cross plan, with a single nave, transept, wooden roof and sanctuary with t…

• Monastery of San Salvador de Lérez. Pontevedra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Periferia del caserío de Piolla. 36156. Pontevedra. (Galicia) www.riasbaixas.depo.es. Located very close to the city of Pontevedra, this old Benedictine monastery, whose existence has been recorded since the 9th century, contains various interesting neoclassical and Baroque elements. The monastery c…

• Soutomaior Castle. Soutomaior.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Castillo de Soutomaior, s/n. 36691. Soutomaior. Pontevedra. (Galicia) http://www.soutomaior.com/. Strategically located in the valley of the Verdugo river, just a few kilometres from the city of Pontevedra, this is an extremely well preserved example of military and palatial architectural. It was fo…

• O Cuadrante mansion, Valle-Inclán house-museum. Vilanova de Arousa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Rúa Luces de Bohemia, s/n. 36620. Vilanova de Arousa. Pontevedra. (Galicia) E-mail: museos@vilanovadearousa.com. http://www.museocuadrante.com/. The man of letters Ramón María del Valle-Inclán was born in this ancestral house on 28 October 1866. It has recently been fitted out as a house-museum dedi…

• La Guía Municipal park. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avda. Doña Fermina s/n. 36216 Teis. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) http://www.turgalicia.es. Vigo is a city with a host of city parks and green areas. One of these gardens is the Guía Municipal Park, with its privileged views out to the estuary. With the Nosa Señora da Guía Shrine at its highest point,…

• Nosa Señora da Guía Shrine. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Doctor Corbal s/n. 36207. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) www.turismodevigo.org. The shrine dedicated to Nosa Señora da Guía started out as a project by architect Manuel Gómez Román in 1952, although it was not a new idea to build it at the top of Guía Mountain. The shrine is inspired by the Baroq…

• Church of Santa María. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de la Palma, 6. 36202. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) E-mail: turismodevigo@vigo.org . www.turismodevigo.org. The church of Santa María in Vigo's old town is the city's most popular place of worship and is known as 'La Colegiata'. It is dedicated to the image of Cristo de la Victoria. It dates ba…

• Marco. Vigo Museum of Contemporary Art. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Rua Príncipe 54. 36202. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986113901 | E-mail: info@marcovigo.com. www.marcovigo.com. Dynamic, participatory art. The main objective of this art centre is to promote contemporary cultural movements and ideas. The collections at this museum, located in the centre of…

• Galicia Marine Museum. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Atlántida 160. 36208. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986247748 | E-mail: mdom@museodomar.com. www.museodomar.com. The valuable heritage of the sea. The Galicia Sea Museum is right on the shore of the Vigo estuary, in a place known as Punta de Muiño. This is an urban complex, made up o…

• "Quiñones de León" Municipal Museum, Vigo. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Parque de Castrelos s/n. 36213. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986239372 | E-mail: museocastrelos@vigo.org. www.museodevigo.org/. A tour of Galician art and a pazo (Galician country manor). Located in the 17th-century Castrelos pazo, the museum is surrounded by beautiful gardens with 18th-cen…

• Quiñones de León Municipal Park. Vigo.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Parque de Castrelos s/n. 36213. Vigo. Pontevedra. (Galicia) E-mail: museocastrelos@vigo.org. http://www.turgalicia.es. The garden is the result of remodelling carried out in the final third of the 19th century by the Duke of Alcedo. He was married to an English woman, surely behind the British feel …

• Rosalía de Castro House-Museum. Padrón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle A Matanza s/n. 15917. Padrón. A Coruña. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 981811204 | E-mail: casamuseo@fundacionrosaliadecastro.es. www.rosaliadecastro.org. Nobility and simplicity. The house where Galician writer Rosalía de Castro lived is a museum where her personal objects and mementos are on display. C…

• Camilo José Cela Foundation.. Padrón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Santa María 22, Iria Flavia. 15917. Padrón. A Coruña. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 981810453 | E-mail: iriaflavia@fundacioncela.com. www.fundacioncela.com. The legacy of a Nobel laureate. Its headquarters is based in Iria Flavia, opposite the collegiate church of Santa María de Adina, in the buildings …

• Convent of Santo Domingo. Tui.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Travesía de Santo Domingo, s/n. 36700. Tui. Pontevedra. (Galicia) E-mail: turismo@concellotui.org. http://concellotui.org/php/. This is a model example of the type of religious constructions built by the mendicant orders –in this case the Franciscan friars– in cities and towns in Galicia. Founded in…

• Tui Cathedral. Tui.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Fernando s/n. 36700. Tui. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986600511 | www.concellotui.org. The construction of the cathedral began in 1120, but it was not consecrated until 1225 under the reign of Alfonso IX. It looks like a fortress because of its crenellated towers. Its structure is c…

• Santa María la Nueva Church. Noia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Escultor Ferreiro s/n. 15200. Noia. A Coruña. (Galicia) www.noia.es. It is one of the most representative Gothic churches.Built in 1327 on the site of an old Romanesque church.The church has a single nave with flat plan sanctuary and thick walls.During the XVIII century a sacristy was added al…

• Gardens at the Santa Cruz de Ribadulla Manor House. Ortigueira.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Pazo de Santa Cruz de Ribadulla s/n. (Vedra). 15885. Ortigueira. A Coruña. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 981512203 | E-mail: ortigueira_sa@rodajone.es. The collection of camellias dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and can be considered Galicia’s finest, with at least five hundred different varie…

• Monastery of Santa María. Melón.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Rúa Calvo Sotelo, nº 1. 32410. Melón. Ourense. (Galicia) http://www.concellodemelon.org/. The old Cistercian monastery of Melón contains in its church one of the largest and most imposing sanctuaries in Galician monastic architecture. It was founded by monks from the French abbey of Claraval in 1142…

• Gardens at the Pazo de Oca. Estrada, A.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Pazo de Oca. 36685. Estrada, A. Pontevedra. (Galicia) Fax.: +34 986587439 | E-mail: pazodeoca@fundacionmedinaceli.org. www.fundacionmedinaceli.org. This could be the most representative example of typical Galician manor house architecture – a noteworthy site both for its architecture and botany. Its…