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Chapel of San Sebastián do Pico Sacro

Boqueixón, Santiago, A Coruña

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Chapel of San Sebastián do Pico Sacro

Monument · Boqueixón, Santiago, A Coruña

The capela de San Sebastián, on the southern slope of the Pico Sacro (Boqueixón), has a rectangular floor plan with a gabled roof and is the last remnant of the monastery founded by Bishop Sisnando in the year 911. Despite reforms in the 19th and 20th centuries it preserves a 12th-century altar stone and Romanesque columns. A pilgrimage is held there every 20 January.

Photo: Xosema (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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