Althoug it is in ruins, it goes on proclaming from their strategic position the track of our ancestors. It is still called “Castro”. The area where it was found is bearing the same name “Castro” and “Trascastro”. It is located over 60 m heigh at the end of the parish of Suegos, confining with the beach of “Pereyra”, the top of “Trascastro” and the Port “Porto de la Alegría”. Art relative to iron-age settlement called here “Castros” still keep up its remains and we can observe the hole that surround them. Even, the wall appears formed by amount of big stones.

RELIGIOUS ACHITECTURE

Parochial church of Santa María in Cabanas.

It is one of the three churches that was built by “Fernán Pérez Andrade” in this district. One of the ogival work of the s.XV is the nave with the coat of arms belonging to the house “Andrade”. They figure equally supported by two pages on the main wall. The boar with natural size is reiterated toward an angle of the portico’s eaven. It was ordered to built by prelate Francisco (1392).

A belfry of Cabana’s church

Chapel of “Trala Veiga” in Cabanas.

As historical curiosity we know that the tradition, linked the images of the “Virgen of this chapel” and those belonging to “Porto de Santa María de Riobarba y Devesos”, with three sisters called to the religious life. One of them protected the pilgrims, another aid people of the country and the third took care of the flocks.

Chapel of Sanga in Cabanas.

Parochial church of San Pedro in Mosende.

Small building in the s. XVII, with rectangular nave. The bigger chapel with victorious arch and a rustic portico next to the main facade. In the presbytery is found the biggest altarpiece, with three niches on the main floor and one at the end flanked by a dragon prominence. It’s made over the s.XVIII century, with several engraved.

Parochial church of San Miguel in Negradas.

Romanic style’s church over the XII and XIII centuries, whose main altar is shown by three bodies: The central one presents the pattern’s autorelieves “San Miguel”. Oval lockets can be seen both sides, slab in oil with “San Pedro” (bald and with white beard and the keys) and another such as San Pablo with the book and the sword. The paintings are made by “Juan de Castinande” (1853). They appear at a church of plant of Latin cross in good conditions. Even this church conserves an ancient cloister or altarpiece in one of the arms whose origen is in the monastery. It was lost over the XV century. In this church there are San Pedro’s images, San Rosendo, Rosario’s Virgin, San Antonio, San Roque, San Pedro, San José, Jesus’ heart and two images of the pattern San Miguel.

Altarpiece of San Payo

Altarpiece of S.Pablo and S.Pedro

Chapel of San Roque in Negradas.

“Don Gómez Pérez das Mariñas”, in the second half of the VI century built a chapel in honour of San Roque next to the tower “Pazo de Outeiro” which had belonged to his first wife Dña. Mª Sarmiento. So, a popular Baroque altarpiece is conserved.

Image of San Roque

Chapel of San Roque

Chapel of Hirgos. Riobarba.

Chapel “das Angustias”.-Riobarba.Century XVII.

It is known according to the notarial file of Viveiro that D. Gabriel Chao, procurator in the parish of Riobarba and “Luís Vale” his neighbour joined with “Luís López” and “Pedro González”, neighbours of Viveiro, agreed to restore this hermitage “Nuestra Señora de las Angustias” in May the 27th of 1650

Parochial church of San Pablo.-Riobarba.

It is said that was ordered to built by “Fernán Pérez de Andrade” at the end of the XIV century. It has got a rectangular nave with wooden roof to two slopes and a plain base on the eaves of the roof. In front of the main door there are two archivolts as ornament, and screw’s heads outside. We can observe also the Andrade’s gusset where appears printed the traditional legend in Gothic letter, and placed toward both sides a boar and a harrier with persecution attitude. Geometric drawings decorate the altarpiece. On high projection, a couple of columns laid to each side forming capitals adorned with leaves and fantastic animals with gnarled attitudes.

The entrance door has got lintels and without anything decoration. Although it is easy suppose that the original door with ojival arch, was placed at the sacristy. So that, it serves as niche to an image. This renovation was made in the XVIII century. The victorious arch has got “imposta” and “astralagus”, too. Appear more reduced the width and length of the presbytery, but take the same height like the nave and with similars cantilevers on the roof. So the stained-glass window as these one of the nave were transformed in later renovations. In the superior angles of the portico’s facade are conserved a lamb with the cross “lobulada” and a boar with a round piece or mast in the croup. Everyone are ornamental and symbolic elements which before were on the top of the nave. The portico belong to XVIII century, such as it is demostrated in the inscription: “YZOSE SDO. CVRA ANT. DNEZ AÑO 1736”. In the gable there is a niche of scallop belong to the stony sculpture of San Pablo who appears with a book and a sword. On the feet there is a belfry with rounded crown. There is also a covered and protected portico with a wooden bars to the southern side of the nave. The main altarpiece of style”rococó” with three niches in the main body and San Pablo’s relief at the attic are everythings created by a good sculptor of the last third of the XVIII century. In the liturgical trousseau highlights a parochial cross of silver with three swelling on the base. The Christ in the obverse and San Pablo in the reverse, and the punch “Varela”, without doubt they’re the objects of silver that he had worked in Mondoñedo at the beginning of the XIX century.

Parochial church of Santa María in Suegos.

In ancient time reminding to the “Suevos” ( ancient barbarous village which invaded Galician). It’s made in the XVI century with later renovations in the XVIII century. It had got a rectangle nave, another crossing with ribs on a covered vault. Even there is a prebistery with a barrel-vault and portico above the southern entry of the nave. In the front part, there is an arch with several lintels and an urn with the gravestone of “Imaculada Virgin” and a beautiful tower without ending. Two altarpieces are kept upward with a Rococo style in the interior part. On the right hand of the altarpiece there are two polychromed bodies with images of “Santa Escolástica”, “Santa Rita”, “Santa Apolonia” (painted in oil), “Santo Domingo de Guzmán” and “Santa Teresa de Jesús”. On the left hand, there are also images belonging to “San Roque”, “San Antonio”, “San Román Nonato” and a virgin with a Jeshus Child painted in oil too.

In the sacristy is conserved since the XVII century a beautiful chalice with engraved of silver and several angels below to the feet. It’s also conserved a custody with sun, silver, of style Renaissancist with shells and angels and a simpler chalice of silver. Then, we point out some historical notes belonging to this church which were picked up by Juan Donapetry in their book “ Historia de Viveiro y su concejo” (“History of Viveiro and their town council”). The painting of the biggest altarpiece and the images that there appear were made by D. Pedro de Insoa ( artist and neighbour of Viveiro).
The painting had been painted on behalf of all neighbours by the licenciate “Souto”, who was priest of Suegos and “Pedro Fernández” the first belong to a religious order in June the sixth of 1618.
“Don Juan Antonio Osorio” and “Bolaño”, priest of the parish of Suegos, granted testament in December the fifteenth of 1758 and for that, he held four anniversary masses prayed in the altarpiece of this church called “Nuestra Señora de los Dolores”. Each one these masses cost four fleece’s reals. By the other hand , Osorio gave a house that had got in the village of Viveiro and a inheritance located in the “Chao de Liñares” for this botherhood. Even, he offered thousand of fleece’s reals for the administration, service and extension of the named botherhood.

Particular facade

In October the twenty-ninth of 1826, the priest of the parish “Don Nicolás Abadín y Toxeiro”, the factory worker “Emilio Ribeira” and some neighbours belonging to this parish had finished the tile flooring of stone’s sepulchres that needed the church. Everyone were paid with their own moneys. Each sepulchre was so wide and long as the old one that there was in the biggest chapel and was so thick as five inches. Each one was built by three pieces. One of them was placed in the middle and had got a hole where the key fits to lift it.
Other sepulchres were placed against the walls and they were paid with a deserved discount. The architectural work had to be finished in August the fourteenth of 1827 and for that was taken on Juan Cociña ( a neighbour of this parish).

Parochial church of San Esteban in O Vicedo

It suffered an important renovation in the XVII century. Now, it’s formed by three naves. Each one of them is separated by square pilasters which are joined by round archs longitudinally and with wooden cover. The same that the triumphal arch another archs are inserted on the walls in the front part. These archs close the main chapel. There are two sacristies to both sides of the prebistery. In the front part, next to the entry there is a portico with archs. Over the main door appears a simple belfry with two bells and stairs inserted in the same wall. Also is found a small belfry next to the door of the nave.

The walls are made of granite in the corner. The base is built with stones. The roof is made of wood and slate. The neoclassical altarpiece, take the gable end of the prebistery with a high relief at the central niche. In this central niche we can see the gravestone of San Esteban and two pictures to both sides. This pictures contained the San Esteban’s juice and his burial “PINTO JUAN DE CASTINANDE, AÑO 1835”.

Two neoclassical altarpieces, with sculptures of San Roque and San Nicolás. This church was under the patronate of nobles and belonged to Counts “Fuensaldaña” who were descended from “Alonso Pérez” whom had born in Viveiro.

Church of O Vicedo

Parochial church of San Román of Valley.

This church was reformated later in the XIV century. It has got a rectangular nave with main door which is formed with reduced arch and another door of circular arch. Each wall is raised to the south. In each one of the lateral walls of the rectangular nave there are opened up narrow windows. In the eave several cantilevers of the ogival work can be seen and some ashlars conserve the consecration’s cross.
Also, there is an apse more reduced. This apse has got a wooden cover with three slopes and walls with ashlar keeping horizontal rows. We can achieve that apse through a victorious round arch. There is also a sacristy on the northern side of the prebistery and a portico covered with a circular entry to the main front with interior benchs and stairs going up to the belfry. This belfry is located in the previous part of the nave. Biggest altarpiece, neoclassicist, with angels’ paintings to the sides of the attic, and sculpture of “San Antonio of Padua” in the XVIII century. It is said that was John Dutton who kept Felipe II under guard when he went to get married with the queen coming from England “María Tudor” Next, when they were travelling across the sea a strong storm took place. So that, Dutton, accorded to grant two duckedoms as charity for church “de Vale” making to notify it in his testament. Even, there were two hermitages one in honor to San Antonio and another in honor to San Francisco Javier both located in San Román del Valle.

Church of San Román of Valley

BRIDGES

Bridge of O Vicedo-Barqueiro.

The metallic bridge was built at first century in the mouth of the river “Sor” that divides the localities of Lugo and A Coruña. It is formed by three similars spans of 18’10 m lengh each one in a parabolic way and with flown pavements.
The width of the central part is over 5 m and had been dedicated in the past for carriages and chivalries. The pavements had got a meter width each one. It was built by the Terrestial and Marine Machinist coming from Barcelona. It cost over 528.000 pts and went to be opened to the public on 1st November in 1901.

Bridge of iron over the river “Sor”

The ancient bridge goes over the river “Sor” of uncertain origin. Although the materials used to be similars to those of the wall of Lugo and conformed the romanic style about the three arches. It could be a medieval bridge built by the Romans and belonging to the real road situated halfway between Viveiro and Ortigueira. This bridge was made of stone and arches of half point in its center ( over ten meters above the level of the sea).
We still can see the millennial one which pointed the boundary between ancient countries such as Betanzos and Mondoñedo.