The extraordinary Templo da Veracruz rises like some Disneyesque fantasy amid the grey apartment blocks of O Carballiño. It resembles a great Gothic cathedral but was actually built in the 1940s and 50s, in local stone to designs of Galician architect Antonio Palacios.
Templo da Veracruz
Galicia
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19.93 MILES
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Mosteiro de San Pedro de Rocas
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29.01 MILES
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26.21 MILES
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Mosteiro de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil
25 MILES
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29.51 MILES
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8.96 MILES
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Centro do Viño da Ribeira Sacra
29.37 MILES
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7.77 MILES
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8.96 MILES
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10.44 MILES
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10.52 MILES
Above the tourist office on the lovely main square, this centre has exhibits on the Jews of Galicia before and after their expulsion from Spain in 1492.
10.58 MILES
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12.62 MILES
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The handsome classical facade of the Casa do Concello rises at the foot of the old town's largest square, sloping Praza Maior.