Logbook · 14 places

The murder of the abbot of Monfero

Monfero, Eume, A Coruña

1 Villages · 4 Monuments · 4 Nature · 2 Curiosities · 3 Historical milestones

Spain › Galicia › A Coruña › Eume › Monfero › The murder of the abbot of Monfero

The murder of the abbot of Monfero

Historical milestone · Monfero, Eume, A Coruña

Image of Monfero, not of the place itself.

The settlers of the estate refused to go on paying rents to the monastery and ended by killing the abbot; behind the episode lay the seigneurial weight of the house, which in 1506 would be annexed to the Congregation of Castile.

1492

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

What to see and do in Monfero