Technical difficulty Intermediate-advanced; Linear trail Type of route MTB, horseback riding and hiking Points of interest Landscape and ethnography Duration 5 hours Total distance 16.570 km Bande Trail – Sierra de Leboreiro This trail begins in the Plaza de la Constitución de Bande and lets you appreciate the popular architecture of the different villages it […]
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A church from the Visigoth era attributed to the 7th century. It was apparently part of an old monastery or cenobium. It shares features with other churches of the time, of which there are few in Galicia. Its plan is a Greek cross, covered with groin and half barrel vaults organised around a central emerging […]
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Technical difficulty Intermediate; Circular trail Type of route MTB and hiking Points of interest Landscape, ethnography and archaeology Duration 2 hours Total distance 4.69 km Castrexo de Vilela This trail starts from Cima de Vila and runs through a lush oak grove. It joins two important vestiges of the Castro culture: the Castro da Croa, […]
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The parish church of San Pedro de Bande, dating from the 18th century, is in the Baroque style. Its architecture is robust and simple, offering great sobriety and giving it an air of strength. This austerity can also be noted in the rectory, which is organised around a beautiful interior courtyard with columns. This parish […]
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Technical difficulty: Intermediate; Circular trail Type of route: MTB, horseback riding and hiking Points of interest: Landscape, ethnography and archaeology Duration: 8.5 hours Total distance: 31.7 km (Including diversions and variants) Main trail: 17.3 km Shortest variant: 8 km The main path, as well as its shorter variant, has the high point known as Outeiro […]
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Generous hot springs gush forth in this picturesque newly-conditioned thermal area, where it is still possible to use the old baths. The waters, with a temperature between 36° and 48°, are attributed as having beneficial properties against rheumatism and skin diseases. This place in Porto Quintela, in the municipality of Bande, Orense, is one of […]
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In recent years, 3D digistation scan has become an indispensable tool in archaeological work, both for sites located on the Earth’s surface and for those underground. This new way of working provides accurate and detailed documentation of the different parts of an object or place of study to obtain reliable information in accordance with reality, […]
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Aquis Originis mansio: Rest for travellers who used the old Roman roads. This is the first stop found on the Via XVIII (Via Nova) of the Antonine itinerary when entering the current territory of Galicia, more exactly between miles 38 and 39 of the aforementioned itinerary and near an outcrop of hot springs in the […]
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Technical difficulty: Intermediate. Linear trail Type of route: MTB, hiking Points of interest: Landscape, ethnography and archaeology Duration: 7 hours Total distance: 31 km (Santa Comba – A Porte Liñares section: 23 km) This natural path is named after the Roman Via XVIII, also known as the Via Nova. Built during the empire of Vespasian […]
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According to ancient sources, the Roman army had a selection process when recruiting new soldiers for the legions. It consisted of a physical, an intellectual and a final legal exam, since the young people who took this probatio or test had to prove that they were Roman citizens. In it, certain criteria of age, height […]
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