The Route of The Origin
Today, the route of the Camino of more than 120 km begins at the Corrubedo Lighthouse and, through 5 stages that run through the municipalities of Ribeira, A Pobra, Boiro, Rianxo, Dodro and Padrón, it reaches Iria Flavia where it connects with the Portuguese Way to end in the Praza do Obradoiro, at the foot of the Cathedral
The Origin in the Boiro Town Hall, 32.3 km long, begins with the stream that divides this Town Hall with that of La Pobra, the Estivada stream. At the beginning of the route we find numerous beaches and hidden coves with great charm, such as: the beaches of Conchido, La Estivada and La Gavoteira. Continuing, we arrive at the Escarabote Promenade, where you can enjoy the rafts and boats anchored by the sea, together with beautiful views of the Ría de Arousa. We continue walking and crossing a line of the old Roman road and we go to Igrexa de Santiago de Lampon, in Madalena, a church built I don't know. XII and reformed no 1695, maintaining the Galician rural Romanesque nature. We continue on the Camiño Real polo shirt, passing by the Madalena viewpoint at the place of Goiáns, where it is located or the old Pazo de Goiáns, do s. XVI, and what thanks are the rehabilitation works underway by the council, can return to rexurdir de novo coma atano
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The route continues through the Ponte Goiáns mills, the mills are structures that the ancient Boirenses used, together with the force of water, to grind. We arrive at the AC-305 road and the Ponte Goiáns itself, where we find the typical cross (formed by base, shaft and cross) with angels at the top crowning the Virgin, very rich in ornamentation, not far away we arrive next to a Cruzeiro dating from 1678, possibly one of the oldest in the town. If we continue along the Camino Real we arrive at the Church of Santa Baia, patron saint of Boiro, a baroque rural church that had the largest expansion works in the 18th century. Its baroque origins are manifested in stylistic motifs, highlighting the bell tower, inspired by the Berenguela of the Cathedral of Santiago. We arrive at the river walk of the Breiro river, which runs along its bank until it reaches the seafront of Barraña beach, one of the busiest places.
We continue walking and we arrive at the parish of O Castro, a coastal area with an important nautical club, a mussel port, the Cabo da Cruz viewpoint, which bears the name of the town itself and the O Achadizo fort, a coastal fort of the H.H. VI-I a. The church of Castro is found on the route, in honor of Santa María, built in 1600, and according to tradition, the sailors went to this place to pray to Santa while turning on their knees around the church. .
In the parish of Abanqueiro we find the Mañóns beach, of great length and quality in the water and sand. In the church of San Cristovo, we see a cross with a pocket of souls that is part of one of the steps. It has the images of San Antón in a central position and two souls on the sides. At the bottom we can see the alms box where the faithful left their coins.
Following the route, we find Calvary and the beautiful Chapel of Our Lady of Egypt. In this field, a pilgrimage is held on the first Sunday in August.
Already in the parish of Cespón, in the area of O Coveliño, we find the petroglyph of Pedra da Cabra, it is about two zoomorphic figures, where the arrangement of the front legs is found, which come out at the same point in the lower part of the chest, it is striking. Several cups also appear.
And we arrive at one of the enclaves where it is worth stopping for a while: The castros of Neixón, for being an archaeological site of great importance and for the beautiful views of the Arousa estuary.
This is the archaeological area of Castros de Neixón, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2011. In a small peninsula that juts into the estuary, there are two small castrex settlements, one of which was inhabited more than 2500 years ago, and its roots are based on the transition between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. It was one of the first Galician archaeological sites to intervene with techniques and methods that we could consider the dawn of archeology as a discipline. It happened in the first decades of the last century, and those who today consider themselves part of the fathers of Galician archeology, D. Fermín Bouza Brey and D. Florentino López Cuevillas, participated in them. These first data obtained during the archaeological excavations will serve to publish the first scientific synthesis of Galician prehistory and protohistory. The other castro, the Big one, was occupied later than the Small one, possibly after its abandonment, and from research we know that it was abandoned late as a settlement, perhaps around the 3rd century AD. although later this area will serve to house a small late ancient necropolis that is currently under investigation.
Here is also the Archaeological Center of Barbanza, which houses and keeps an important part of the remains recovered in archaeological excavations. The Archaeological Center was the first archaeological and local collection to be visited that was created in Galicia. In the Center, through models, panels and reproductions, the context of the most representative archaeological remains of the entire Comarca de la Barbanza is explained: from the Neolithic to the Iron Age: tombs and dolmens, rock art and forts.
With this cultural getaway, we continue our route to Cespón and on our way we will find the Church of San Vicenzo de Cespón, which dates from the 12th century, although the main remodeling was in the 17th century. This church is the oldest in the municipality of Boiro
A few meters from the road, we will find the Hermitage and the Calvary of San Roque de Cespón. And this is where we finish the third stage of our journey and where we will gather strength to start the next one, which in the municipality of Boiro will take us to the Hermitage of San Ramón de Bealo, where every August 31 a pilgrimage is held in which women they will ask for a good delivery; this celebration is a Festival of Tourist Interest in Galicia.