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Church of Santa María de Abadín

Abadín, Terra Chá, Lugo

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Church of Santa María de Abadín

Monument · Abadín, Terra Chá, Lugo

Former parish church of Abadín, at the place called A Torre, on a rise overlooking an extensive area of farmland with a mountainous landscape in the background. Built in Romanesque style in the first half of the 12th century, it has a rectangular plan of granite ashlar and a facade with a round arch of large voussoirs, a rose window carved from a single block of stone, and a single-tier bell-gable. On either side appear the coats of arms of the House of Luaces, lords of the coto of Abadín since they bought it from the chapter of Mondoñedo in 1562; their arms are repeated on the capitals of the triumphal arch and on the vault of the main chapel, dating from the 16th century and rebuilt in Isabelline Gothic. In the atrium stands a granite cruceiro with Christ on the front and the Pietà on the reverse.

Photo: Jglamela (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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