Heritage of A Limia: towers, convents, mills and ethnographic villages

The heritage of A Limia combines medieval military and religious architecture, archaeological remains and a very rich ethnographic heritage of mills, ovens, springs and traditional villages. This page is the index to the pages the corpus holds on it ^[1].

Towers and castles

• A Torre da Pena (Portela), in Xinzo de Limia: a 14th-century military tower, BIC since 1994, with three superimposed barrel vaults and the Inês de Castro tradition.
• O castelo de San Xoán de Bara, in Vilar de Barrio: an archaeological enclosure of up to 16 hectares with walls and Castro-culture huts.
• A igrexa románica de Santa María de Zos, in Trasmiras: a four-archivolt portal, the pelican capital and an interlace tympanum.
• O peto de ánimas desaparecido de Xinzo: the peto of the Rúa do Peto, which existed until the late 1950s.
• A Torre do Castro de Sandiás: consolidated and used for guided visits and concerts.
• A Torre da Forxa (Porqueira): a 12th-century castle of the bishopric of Ourense, town hall and BIC.
• A Torre de Celme (Rairiz de Veiga): the vanished castle that completed the defensive system of the Lagoa de Antela.
• O castelo da Picoña (Calvos de Randín): the Portuguese fortress of the Couto Mixto, destroyed in 1650.
• O castelo da Saínza (Rairiz de Veiga): a BIC and the setting for the Moors and Christians battle.
• O Monte do Viso e A Cidá (Sarreaus): hill-fort, tin mines, Roman inscriptions and the Forum Limicorum candidacy.
• O oratorio paleocristián de Ouvigo (Os Blancos): an oratory and necropolis from the 4th to the 11th century.
• The Torre da Forxa or de Firbeda (Porqueira) appears in the Xunta’s heritage catalogue. A Forxa and Celme complete the frontier defensive system of the Alta Limia, in the words of the local literature ^[1].

Convents and churches

• O Convento do Bon Xesús da Limia, in Trandeiras: Franciscan, 16th century, a transition between late Gothic and the early Galician Renaissance.

• Igrexas e capelas das parroquias de Xinzo de Limia: the dedications of each parish.

• The Romanesque and Baroque churches of the parishes of Xinzo are on the pages for Boado, Damil and Seoane de Oleiros.

• A igrexa de Santo Estevo de Sandiás: late Gothic, Manueline and Moure’s altarpiece.

• Roteiro do patrimonio histórico de Xinzo de Limia, for touring the municipality’s monuments.

Ethnographic heritage

• Rairiz de Veiga: Congostro, muíños, fornos e fontes.
• Muíños de Calvos de Randín.
• Encalados e encintados: a decoración de cal das casas da Limia.
• Cruceiros e petos de ánimas da Limia: 158 items by municipality and parish.
• Fontes, mananciais e lavadoiros da Limia: 349 items by municipality and parish.
• More on the traditional world in Etnografía da Limia.

Heritage by municipality

An inventory of each municipality according to the official heritage catalogue, with mills, ovens, hórreos, churches, calvary crosses, springs, pazos and archaeological sites by parish, and the routes and walks the sources record:

• Baltar
• Os Blancos
• Calvos de Randín
• Porqueira
• Rairiz de Veiga
• Sandiás
• Sarreaus
• Trasmiras
• Vilar de Barrio
• Vilar de Santos
• Xinzo de Limia

Routes

• Xinzo de Limia nun día: a suggested visit combining museum, church, tower, convent, springs and lagoon.

• Pezas da Limia no Museo Arqueolóxico de Ourense: the silver tortas of Calvos de Randín, the arracada of Vilar de Santos and the eight escudos of Charles II.

FAQ

Sources

1. «A Torre de Pena (Xinzo de Limia)», Historia de Xinzo. https://historiadexinzo.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/a-torre-de-pena-xinzo-de-limia/
2. «I visita guiada á Torre do Castro organizada polo Concello de Sandiás», Vía Lethes. https://vialethes.es/i-visita-guiada-torre-do-castro-concello-de-sandias
3. «A Xunta declarará BIC o Convento do Bon Xesús da Limia», Vía Lethes. https://vialethes.es/a-xunta-declarara-ben-de-interese-cultural-o-convento-do-bon-xesus-da-limia-en-trandeiras-xinzo