Santa Cristina becomes a priory Historical milestone · Parada de Sil, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense Image of Parada de Sil, not of the place itself. After several centuries of decline, the monastery lost its independence and was turned into a priory of the neighbouring house of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil, which absorbed its rents and its jurisdiction. 1508 Photo: amaianos from Galicia (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Parada de Sil