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

Heritage and routes of Porqueira: mills, ovens, churches and pazos

Inventory of the heritage of Porqueira: 32 items from the official catalogue (churches, calvary crosses, mills, ovens, hórreos, springs, pazos and archaeological sites) by parish, plus routes and walks.

The cultural heritage catalogue of the Plan Básico Autonómico records 32 items in Porqueira, taken from the municipal planning catalogues (PXOM) ^[1]. This page gathers those of popular, religious, archaeological and civil interest, arranged by parish, and adds the points that the collaborative map OpenStreetMap marks in each parish ^[2]. It is an inventory: for the history of the most important buildings, see the patrimonio da Limia pages and the page for Porqueira.

Mills, ovens, hórreos and other vernacular architecture

Paradela de Abeleda. Hórreos (dous) na Aldea de Arriba de Lobios; Hórreos (grupo) eira e alprendes na Retorta; Hórreos (grupo) na Aldea de Abaixo de Lobios; Hórreos (grupo) na zona do cruceiro en Paradela (Paradela de Abeleda); Hórreos da zona norte de Paradela (Paradela de Abeleda) ^[1]
Porqueira. Hórreos (grupo) e eira en Forxa; Hórreos (grupo) en Fontemoura ^[1]
Sabucedo. Canastro en Penín Novo ^[1]
San Lourenzo de Abeleda. Hórreos (grupo) en Reboreda; Hórreos (grupo) no contorno da cruz de Reboreda (San Lourenzo); Hórreos de San Lourenzo ^[1]

Churches, chapels, calvary crosses and petos de ánimas

Paradela de Abeleda. Cruceiro de Paradela (Paradela de Abeleda); Cruz de Lobios; Igrexa de Paradela de Abeleda (Parroquial de San Xoán) ^[1]
Porqueira. Cruz de Forxa; Igrexa de Porqueira en Forxa (Parroquial de Santa María) ^[1]
Sabucedo. Cruceiro do Rial; Igrexa de Sabucedo no Rial (Parroquial de San Salvador) ^[1]
San Lourenzo de Abeleda. Capela en Reboreda; Cruceiro de San Lourenzo; Cruz de Reboreda; Cruz de San Lourenzo; Igrexa de San Lourenzo (Parroquial de San Lourenzo) ^[1]
San Martiño de Porqueira. Igrexa de Porqueira (Parroquial de San Martiño) (Telladas) ^[1]
Sobreganade. Cruceiro da ermida da Virxe de Sobreganade (O Mosteiro); Igrexa de Sobreganade (Parroquial de San Mamede) (San Mamede de Sobreganade) ^[1]

Springs, wash-houses and bridges

Porqueira. Ponte Vella de Forza (Forxa) ^[1]

Pazos, houses and buildings of interest

Paradela de Abeleda. O Castelo de Paradela de Aveleda (Golpellás) ^[1]

Hill-forts, mámoas and archaeological sites

Sabucedo. As Mouruás (A Gándara) ^[1]

Other catalogued items

Sabucedo. Soutullo (O Agro) ^[1]
San Lourenzo de Abeleda. O Carrilano (San Lourenzo) ^[1]
San Martiño de Porqueira. O Loural (O Rial) ^[1]

Other points on the collaborative map

OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteers, marks these places of interest in the area. The data may be incomplete or out of date, and unnamed points are not listed individually ^[2].

Paradela de Abeleda. Archaeological site: O Castelo ^[2]
Porqueira. Viewpoint: 7 unnamed; Mill: 3 unnamed; Tower: Torre da Forxa; Recreation area: 1 unnamed ^[2]
San Martiño de Porqueira. Viewpoint: 1 unnamed ^[2]
Sobreganade. Archaeological site: Mámoas do Viso ^[2]

Routes and walks

The Concello de Porqueira has designed a 12 km route of low to medium difficulty (easy, but for people used to walking) that starts and ends at the Concello. It passes the church of Santa María de Porqueira, the Fervenza viewpoint, the Torre da Forxa, the cultivated plain and woodland, the Lagoa de Míllaras and the River Lima on the plains of Ponte Liñares, an area of the Natura network. The highest point is at 764 m, with views over the Limia plain to the north and the mountains of Tourém and Pitões das Júnias ^[3].

The waterfall is the most outstanding feature: it is reached by the path that passes the Torre da Forxa, and from there a circular variant of about 4 km also starts ^[3]. The best season is spring and early autumn, and the source advises taking water, comfortable footwear and binoculars for birdwatching. The Concello (988 466 102) provides information on the waymarking and route, and there is a PDF guide on the Fronteira Esquecida site ^[3].

From Calvos de Randín, the circular footpath of the Carballeiras de Castelaus, of about 9.3 km, reaches a wooden walkway near the Fírbeda waterfalls ^[4].