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Praza Santo Domingo VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
A black statue of a Roman eagle dominates
the Praza Santo Domingo; it Practical Information
commemorates Augustus’ s Lugo. Road Map C2. * 98,500.
capture of Lugo from the n Praza do Campo 11. Tel 982
Celts in the 1st century BC. 25 16 58. Open ( Tue & Fri.
_ Corpus Cristi (Jun), San Froilán
(4–12 Oct), Entroido (carnival).
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Town Hall
This is one of the more
important buildings in the
secular Galician Baroque style.
Built in 1738, it acquired its
clock tower a few decades later.

The Casa dos Mosaicos
contains some superb
Roman mosaics.
R U A S A N M A R C O S

K Q U I R O G A
PRAZA
B A L L E S T E R O S
SANTO
DOMINGO R U A R U A D E P R O G R E S O

D A R A I ñ A
R U A S A N P E D R O
C
O
Pilgrim on the Road
N
D
PRAZA to Santiago
E
MAIOR The northern route to

P
Santiago de Compostela
R U A M A I O R runs through Lugo, link ing
various coastal towns. In
829, this pilgrimage was
A L L A R E S
undertaken by the king of
Asturias, Alfonso the Chaste.
. A Mosquera
All the semicircular towers
in the town walls would
once have been topped
Convento de by windows, a lone
Santo Domingo example of which can
be seen here.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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