Chapel of a Virxe do Carme Monument · As Pontes de García Rodríguez, Eume, A Coruña Its confraternity was founded in 1736 and since 1741 the festivities of the Carmen have been held every 16 July in the centre of the town; the Virgin was proclaimed patron of the municipality in 1860 and the chapel presides over the square that bears her name. Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in As Pontes de García Rodríguez