The man who revitalized the Camino with work, perseverance and effort, the inventor of the yellow arrow, the priest of O Cebreiro, is part of the cultural and historical heritage of Sarria and now also of urban art with the mural by the Lugo artist Diego As. Elías Valiña Sampedro was born in Lier (Sarria) […]
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Discovering Sarria with Guido Guía
From June the City Council of Sarria offers you a very special cycle of activities: [...]
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Although dated to the 12th century, only the presbytery and the triumphal arch remain from the Romanesque period, as it was rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries.
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A small chapel built in the 19th century, featuring a stone façade crowned by a bell tower. Inside, the main altarpiece stands out, depicting the Virgin Mary under the invocation of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
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The vertical garden of Sarria, promoted by the City Council and funded with European funds, is a landscape architecture project that transforms the façade of an out-of-order dwelling on the French Way of St. James. Turned into a visual and ecological landmark, it reinforces urban identity and sustainability without altering the historical memory of the […]
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Villa Andrea is a historic residence promoted in 1880 by the chocolate industrialist Matías López López, named after his wife. Located in today’s Plaza da Vila, the heart of Sarria, it welcomed illustrious figures such as Emilia Pardo Bazán and even served as a hospital during the Civil War. Its garden makes this space a […]
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La Unión, a cultural and recreational society founded in 1919, is a benchmark of social life in Sarria. Since 1931, it has been based in Villa Aurelia, a building and gardens acquired in 1965, becoming a symbol of coexistence and civic participation. Another 19th-century manor house is the well-known “Quinta de los Madrileños,” also promoted […]
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The church underwent modern enlargements and reconstructions after a fire in the 20th century. Of the original Romanesque temple, only the apse and part of the north wall remain. In the 16th century, a lateral chapel dedicated to the Virgin was added. The interior preserves no Romanesque remains, having been replaced by modern structures. The […]
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The Church of San Julián de Chorente in Sarria is a historic spot with Romanesque remains that reveal the medieval influence in the region. Its western doorway and baptismal font stand out as witnesses of a past that still endures and that was later incorporated into Baroque renovations.
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It is also a homildous example of the rural Romanesque style of the region.
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The Romanesque structure still exists. It has a very homildo-like semicircular apse.
