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The monastery of Porqueira under the Augustinian canons

Porqueira, Limia, Ourense

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The monastery of Porqueira under the Augustinian canons

Historical milestone · Porqueira, Limia, Ourense

Image of Porqueira, not of the place itself.

In the middle of the 12th century the old monastery of Porqueira came to be governed by the Order of Canons Regular, which shaped the ecclesiastical organisation of the six parishes of the concello throughout the Middle Ages.

mediados del siglo XII

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

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