Monastery of San Paio de Albeos Monument · Crecente, Paradanta, Pontevedra Image of Crecente, not of the place itself. A monastery of Romanesque fabric ordered built in the 10th century in honour of San Paio, a martyr of local origin, and later occupied by Benedictine nuns; today it stands in ruins in the parish of Albeos. Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Crecente