Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Pontevedra

This monkey under the roof of the 14th century "Convento de Santa Clara" in Pontevedra did not like the weather. No wonder!

It rained the whole day. I walked from Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis. Here you see me in a magic, flattering mirror, wearing my red raincoat. I seem to be slender and willowy .

Shown on the right side of the facade is "Saint Jerome" (Hieronymus, 347-420), who translated the Bible into Latin ("Vulgate"). His attributes are the lion and the skull. Here he is wearing glasses! Pretty modern for a carving from around 1550.

It´s raining cats and dogs, while (since about 700 years) a very flexible acrobat under the roof of the "Convento de Santa Clara" shows his - backside.

During the "golden era" of Pontevedra, within the 16. century, the guild of fishermen was so wealthy, that they could finance the building of this church. The Renaissance-facade, seen here, was created by Cornelis de Holanda, an artist, who worked all over Galicia. Since 1962 the church is a "Basilica Minor".

This church is dedicated to the "Pilgim Virgin Mary" ("Virxe Peregrina"). Built in very late baroque style (1778 ) it features a layout in form of a scallop-shell, the symbol of pilgrimage to Santiago since the early beginnings.

Walking uphill on the old roman road XIX. The usage over the centuries has clearly left marks here, that look like rails. The gauge of the carts did obviosly not change over that whole time.