Great Cloister of the monastery of Samos Monument · Samos, Sarria, Lugo Image of Samos, not of the place itself. Built between 1685 and 1689, at some 3,000 square metres it is considered the largest cloister in Spain; at its centre stands the statue of Father Feijoo, who took the Benedictine habit at Samos in 1690. Photo: Piquito (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Samos