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Sarcophagus of the Holy Count

Lourenzá, Mariña Central, Lugo

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Sarcophagus of the Holy Count

Monument · Lourenzá, Mariña Central, Lugo

Image of Lourenzá, not of the place itself.

An early Christian sarcophagus of veined marble, white and purple with blue streaks, in which the monastery's founder was buried in the 10th century; legend tells that he brought it from the East and that it arrived alone, by sea, on the coast of A Mariña.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez (CC BY 2.0)

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