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

Heritage and routes of Os Blancos: mills, ovens, churches and pazos

Inventory of the heritage of Os Blancos: 35 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 35 items in Os Blancos, 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 Os Blancos.

Churches, chapels, calvary crosses and petos de ánimas

Aguís. Cruceiro de Fonte Arcada; Cruceiro de Loureses; Cruceiro do lavadoiro en Loureses; Cruz de Loureses; Igrexa de Aguís (Parroquial de San Martiño); Peto de ánimas en Loureses ^[1]
Covas. Capela de Penalonga; Igrexa de Covas (Parroquial de Santiago); Peto de ánimas de Covas ^[1]
Covelas. Capela de Vilar de Covelas; Cruceiro do adro (Covelas); Cruceiro no camiño vello (Covelas); Igrexa de Covelas (Parroquial de Santa María) and Stations of the Cross ^[1]
Guntín. Igrexa de Guntín en Pexeirós (Parroquial de Santiago) ^[1]
Nocedo. Igrexa de Nocedo (Parroquial de San Cibrao) ^[1]
Nocedo. Cruceiro da ermida de Fontelas (Nocedo) ^[1]
Os Blancos. Capela de San Verísimo (Ouvigo); Cruceiro dos Blancos; Cruceiro nos Chaos (Ouvigo); Igrexa dos Blancos (Parroquial de San Breixo); Peto de ánimas dos Blancos ^[1]
Pexeiros. Igrexa de Pexeiros (Parroquial de Santa María) ^[1]

Pazos, houses and buildings of interest

Covas. O Castelo Vello (Covas) ^[1]
Covelas. Pazo de Vilar de Covelas ^[1]

Hill-forts, mámoas and archaeological sites

Aguís. O Castro de Áspera (Aguís); Xacemento de Aira do Curro (O Mosteiro) ^[1]
Covas. Mámoa do Marquiño 1 (Covas); Mámoa do Marquiño 2 (Covas); Penedos da Raiña Loba (Covas) ^[1]
Nocedo. Castro do Outeiro de Almeide (Laroá); Necrópole medieval das Airas (Nocedo) ^[1]

Other catalogued items

Covas. O Cementerio (Covas); Outeiro da Fraga (Covas) ^[1]
Os Blancos. A Llanada do Castillo/Outeiro do Medio (Guntimil); O Touzal (Guntimil) ^[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].

Aguís. Peto: 1 unnamed ^[2]
Covas. Castle: Castelo da Raiña Loba ^[2]
Covelas. Pazo: Pazo de Vilar; Recreation area: 1 unnamed ^[2]

Routes and walks

The sources consulted do not record a footpath specific to Os Blancos. Turismo de Galicia includes the municipality in the Guntimil–Niñodaguia driving route (30 km, about 2 hours, April to June), which passes through Guntimil, Os Blancos, Covas, Tosende, Vilamaior da Boullosa and Niñodaguia; among the stops are the open fields between Ouvigo and Os Blancos and the Airoa river valley, between Os Blancos and Guntín ^[4]. On foot it would take 3 to 4 hours.

Páxinas Galegas highlights as sights Monte Pena Loba, with over 1,200 m of woodland and great balanced boulders, and the Penedos da Raíña Vella, tied to the tradition of the Raíña Loba ^[3].