Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Xinzo de Limia

The menhir is about 3,50m high. For a while the standing stone was used as a marker stone at the limit between villages, then disused and forgotten. It was re-discovered in 1975 by a farmer when ploughing the field, and re-erected in 1986. There is a cross engraved a cross.

The monastery was founded in 1520 and was inhabited by Franciscans. It was destroyed in 1809 by the French, and with the exclaustration it was definitively abandoned. The church is still in good condition and is still used for worship, but the rest of the building is in a total state of abandonment. The origins of th foundation are wrapped in the legend of the apparation of the Virgin

The church of San Tomé de Morgade is essentially Romanesque, but was later ‘renovated’ in Baroque style. It is surrounded by a cemetery. The portal

The church of San Tomé de Morgade is essentially Romanesque, but was later ‘renovated’ in Baroque style. It is surrounded by a cemetery.