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Monastery of San Cibrán de Cálago

Vilanova de Arousa, Salnés, Pontevedra

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Monastery of San Cibrán de Cálago

Monument · Vilanova de Arousa, Salnés, Pontevedra

The monastery of San Cibrán de Cálago was founded in the 7th century by San Froitoso; a document from 846 already mentions it as existing, with its monks following the rule of San Benito. It was destroyed by Norman Vikings in 884 and again by Almanzor in 997, in the same expedition that sacked Santiago de Compostela, and rebuilt on both occasions. It later came under the dependency of Compostela cathedral and then, as a priory, of San Martiño Pinario, and remained the parish church of Vilanova until it fell into ruin in the 19th and 20th centuries: around 1810 the parish moved to A Pastoriza, built partly with its stones, as were many houses in the village. Today only part of the bell tower survives, in Cálago, depicted on the concello's coat of arms.

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