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Loio and the birth of the Order of Santiago

Paradela, Sarria, Lugo

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Loio and the birth of the Order of Santiago

Historical milestone · Paradela, Sarria, Lugo

Image of Paradela, not of the place itself.

Tradition places at the monastery of Loio the canons who joined the knights who founded in 1170 the military Order of Santiago, created to protect pilgrims.

1170

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

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