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o Pontevedra A tour of Pontevedra, tombs. The main
which is also the buildings of the
Pontevedra. Road Map B2. * 82,500. provincial capital, is museum – regarded
£ @ n Marqués de Riestra 30; 986
85 08 14. ( 1st, 8th, 15th & 23rd of best begun on the as one of the best in
Galicia – are on the
Alameda boule vard –
month. _ Fiestas de la Peregrina (2nd
week in Aug), Feira Franca (1st Fri & Sat the green lungs of Praza da Leña. The
in Sep). ∑ visit-pontevedra.com the city. Along here collections include
stand numerous Celtic gold bracelets
According to legend, 19th-century buildings and neck laces, and
Pontevedra was founded by that today house locally found Bronze
Teucro, one of the heroes of impor tant offices. Age treasures.
the Trojan War, but in reality At the end of the Façade detail from the Basilica Apart from
it was the Romans who boulevard are the de Santa María la Mayor 15th-century
constructed a bridge across the Ruinas do Santo paintings, the
Lérez river, around which the Domingo, ruins of a Gothic artworks on display include
town began to emerge. The church that form part of the canvases by Zurbarán and
bridge – the restored A Ponte Museo de Pontevedra, where Goya. There are also several
do Burgo – remains to this day you can see Roman steles and works by the Galician painter
one of the town’s landmarks. medieval coats of arms and and writer Alfonso Castelao.
Near to the tiny Praza das
Cinco, sporting an 18th-
century cruceiro, is the huge,
partially treed Praza da
Ferraría, with a beautiful
fountain. Worthy of mention
here are the Renaissance
Casa das Caras, decorated
with sculpted faces, the
14th-century Iglesia de San
Francisco, and a branch of
the Ministry of the Economy,
which incorporates the Santo
Domingo gate from the
medieval town walls.
The greatest monument
The huge Praza da Peregrina in Pontevedra of the Galician Renaissance
Pontevedra Town
Centre
1 Ruinas do Santo Lérez PRAZA DE Puente
Domingo VALENTIN del Burgo
2 Museo de Pontevedra A V E N I D A D O U R U G U AY Basilica de G. ESCUDERO AVENID A DE BUENOS AIRES
SANTIAGO
Mercado
A CORUÑA
3 Praza da Leña Santa María C . S I E R R A
la Mayor
4 Iglesia de San CAMBADOS RÚA CALLE DEL ARZOBISPO MALVAR C. R E A L
A TOXA
San
C. DE ISABEL II
Francisco Puente DO URCO PRAZA DE Bartolomeu C. P. AMOEDO
de la Barca
CONCEPCIÓN PRAZA C. P A D R E S A R M I E N T O
5 Basilica de Santa ARENAL Principal C. PRINCESA DO
Teatro
LAS CORBACEIRAS
María la Mayor C. ALFONSO XIII Froebel PRAZA DE Casa do TEUCRO DON GONZALO DA LENA Museo C. SANTA CLARA
PRAZA
AVE. DE PASEO DE COLÓN RÚA ALAMEDA Gobierno Concello PRAZA DE San Francisco C. COBIAN ROFFIGNA C Santa Clara
RÚA FERREIROS
ESPAÑA
Colexio
de Pontevedra
Convento
Iglesia de
Civill
CURROS
ENRÍQUES
C. DE ECHEGARAY
PRAZA
PRAZA DE
Ruinas do
DA
C. MICHELENA
BARCELOS
PRAZA DE
TOUROS
C. DE RIESTRA C. DE LA OLIVA
Diputación Santo Domingo PEREGRINA C. DE BENITO CORBAL
Sanatorio
Provincial Jardines Dominguez
AV
de Colon
Godomar C. DE LA PEREGRINA
R U A L O S PALAMIO S
San PRAZA DE C. DE SAGASTA OURENSE
SAN XOSE
Roque Palacio de MADRID
PRAZA
RUA SAN ROQUE E. REINA VICTORIA EUGENIA Justicia
DE
RUA R. DE CASTRO
0 metres 200 GALICIA C. A. MELLADO
0 yards 200 CANGAS RUA I GLESIAS VILARELLE DE V IGO PORTUGAL
AVE NIDA
AVENIDA A. GARCIA SANCHEZ
VIGO
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