IGREXA PARROQUIAL DE SAN FIZ DE CANGAS

Religious
2928
On the Way of St. James

Location

Parish: San Fiz de Cangas (San Fiz)

Place: San Fiz

27437  Pantón - Lugo

Coordinates:
42º 29' 12.0" N - 7º 38' 27.9" W

Description

This church of simple beauty was built between the 11th and 13th centuries as the temple of a convent of Benedictine nuns. In the 17th century some reforms were carried out, including the demolition of the left-hand side apse. In its place the Torrrenovais chapel was added, which houses the tomb of Rodrigo López de Quiroga. However, the place had been the site of a monastery for many centuries before, since the times of the Visigoths.
San Fiz de Cangas is of rectangular design with a single nave. Its main façade boasts a pointed arch with the tympanum situated below. The latter is decorated with a Greek cross, symbols of the sun and the moon, concentric rectangles and a star within a square. Inside, there are altarpieces dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, in addition to the praying figure of Don Rodrigo López de Quiroga.

The Ways of St. James

The Winter Camino

Statement

Good of Cultural Interest
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