Pedrafita do Cebreiro
Encyclopedia
Lugo (province)
Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea .The population is 356,595 , of...
in Galicia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It borders the Lugo municipalities of As Nogais
As Nogais
- External links :***...
, Cervantes
Cervantes, Lugo
Cervantes is a municipality in the comarca of Os Ancares, in the province of Lugo, Galicia .It had a population of 1,973 in 2005, and has an area of 277 square kilometres. Its highest point is Mustellar , in the Ancares mountains....
, Folgoso do Courel
Folgoso do Courel
Folgoso do Courel is a town and municipality in Lugo in Galicia province in north-west Spain. As of 2004 it has 1397 inhabitants.It is one of the main villages in El Caurel, a geohistorical land in Lugo....
, Samos
Samos, Lugo
Samos is a municipality in the province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. It contains the village of Samos....
and Triacastela
Triacastela
Triacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today....
. Its eastern boundary borders the province of León.
The French Way
The French Way
The French Way is the most popular of the routes of the Way of St. James, the ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It runs from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles on the Spanish side and then another 780km on to Santiago de...
of the Way of St. James
Way of St. James
The Way of St. James or St. James' Way is the pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried....
enters Galicia from León through the municipality and passes through the village of O Cebreiro. The village has some palloza
Palloza
A palloza also known as pallouza or pallaza) is a traditional construction of the Serra dos Ancares.-Structure:A circular or oval, of ten to twenty meters in diameter. With stone walls and covered by a conical roof, composed of stalks of rye....
s, including one that houses a small ethnographic museum. The Royal St. Mary's Church, also known as the Church of St. Benedict, was built in O Cebreiro in 1965–71 on the foundations of a pre-Romanesque church rediscovered in 1962.