Palace of Punxín Monument · Punxín, Carballiño, Ourense Image of Punxín, not of the place itself. A fortified house whose origins go back to the 12th century, in a municipality of only seventeen square kilometres and six parishes with its seat at A Forxa; beside it, the Pazo do Souto occupies the parish of Freás. Photo: Elisardojm (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Punxín