What an intriguing little village, a little scraggy around the edges but it has some great history.
It felt lovely to see the camino symbols and signs and to have to keep our eyes peeled for them again.
The town has the only church dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket in Galicia, a shame it was locked...one of the few locked churches we have come across but given the horrific tragedy in France at the little church I suspect more of the little churches will be locked.
It felt lovely to see the camino symbols and signs and to have to keep our eyes peeled for them again.
The town has the only church dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket in Galicia, a shame it was locked...one of the few locked churches we have come across but given the horrific tragedy in France at the little church I suspect more of the little churches will be locked.
The church was built in the 1800's and is surrounded by the remains of an old palm plantation. The church is built out of old stones from the castle of Queen Urica, Alphonso VII where the King of Castile and Leon was born.
The town has a secret pulling power, natural hot springs! They have been bathing the feet of pilgrims for hundreds of years.
The water comes out of the ground at a constant 40 degrees, fantastic on sore , tired feet.
Opposite the lovely hot water font was another font that wasnt working, it could be cold water for rinsing hair maybe?
Don't fancy hot water? Well there is a beautiful water font on Ponte Roma with spring chilled, natural water to restock your water bottles on a hot day.
Sculpture of the day comes from Ponte Roma, a recycling sculpture !
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