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What to see in A Arnoia
In a small valley, A Arnoia holds a fine collection of heritage: the 1612 church, a former Benedictine priory, chapels with living pilgrimage festivals and its most cherished landmark, the Torre do Reloxo. All among the vineyards of O Ribeiro and along the banks of the Miño and Arnoia rivers.
Torre do Reloxo
The emblem of A Arnoia
The town’s most cherished landmark. Beside the chapel of San Roque, it set the rhythm of life in the valley: its bell rang «at dawn» in the morning and «for prayers» at nightfall.
Church of San Salvador
Parish church · founded in 1612
The centrepiece of Outeiro Cruz. Founded in 1612 on an earlier Romanesque building —the Romanesque window survives on the façade—, it has a single nave with a barrel vault and a Baroque bell gable with a circular pediment.
Abadía Caldaria
Former Benedictine priory of Celanova
Next to the church. A priory dependent on the monastery of Celanova, bearing the arms of San Rosendo —the cross, the compass and the mirror— and five pinnacles crowning the chimney. Today, restored, it is a rural hotel.
Church of Lapela
Our Lady of the Assumption
In the hamlet of Lapela, one of the municipality’s chapels with a living pilgrimage festival: celebrations on 15 August (the Assumption), with Mass, procession and open-air dance.
Hórreos and vernacular architecture
Hórreos · wayside crosses · shrines · fountains
Scattered across the valley: hórreos, wayside crosses, the Peto das Ánimas, the fountains and washhouses (Sendín, San Amaro, Remoíño, Paixón) and the traditional wine cellars of O Ribeiro.
As Poldras Recreational Area
Nature by the water
A leisure spot amid the greenery and the water, ideal for a stroll or a day out in the Arnoia valley countryside.
Sources: Concello de A Arnoia, Turismo de Galicia and Galicia Máxica. Some datings are pending documentary confirmation with the Concello.
