Cypress of the cloister of Samos Curiosity · Samos, Sarria, Lugo Image of Samos, not of the place itself. A monumental tree that presides over the courtyard beside the pre-Romanesque chapel of the Salvador and that has given it its popular name: the locals and the pilgrims know the ensemble as the chapel of the cypress. Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Samos