2: Neda Miño

The Way gets to Fene that shows two important aspects: its industrial character, represented by Astano factories, and the cultural aspect focused on the Humour Museum.

Then, Cabanas, which is on the verge of the local capital and offers the magnificent Baroque façade of St Martiño do Porto Church and the large beach, where the grove goes into the sandy spot in an unrepeatable conjunction.

We get to Pontedeume, centre of the Eume region, with a wide natural environment of extraordinary beauty.

We get to Pontedeume, centre of the Eume region, with a wide natural environment of extraordinary beauty.

We get into the bridge that is 600 metres long and was built by Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the 14th century.

According to the legend, the bridge is known as “A Ponte do Demo” and was built by the devil just in one night so that a young woman could see his lover for the last time in exchange of her soul. The bridge had a chapel and a pilgrim’s hospital thanks to the support of Pérez de Andrade known as ‘the Good’.

 

 

Pontedeume preserves the big battlemented tower, which is a rest of the fortress-palace of the Andrade (14th century) today turned into a cultural centre.

 

 

Santiago Church dates from the 16th century and was reconstructed in the 18th century. The house built by Bartolomé Rajoy, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, also dates from the 18th century.

The Tower next to the Town Hall from the 18th century, As Virtudes Chapel and St Agustin Convent are other points of reference.

Outside Pontedeume, just on the top, dominating the village and the scene, we can see Peña Leboreira or Nogueirosa Castle (14th century), which has been recently restored. In the vicinity, we find St Martiño de Andrade Church with a beautiful apse of the 12th century.

   

Beside our route, near Pontedeume, we find Breamo, with St Miguel Romanesque Church (later 12th century), Latin cross floor, three apses and barrel and rib vaults, dominating the near sea.

Miño

 Already in Miño, in the surroundings of the route, we can visit San Xoan de Vilanova Romanesque Church.

 In A Fraga, there is an old restored mill.

In Miño there is a medieval one-arched bridge over Baxoi River that had been ordered by Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the 14th century. Nowadays, it is restored.

The new pilgrim’s lodging is on the edge of the Miño estuary.