Monforte de Lemos

Monforte de Lemos is a Spanish city in the province of Lugo Galicia region, about 45 km northeast of Ourense. The city lies on the River Cabe, a tributary of the Sil.

Attractions

The since the Bronze Age, almost completely populated town has a number of significant monuments. These include the Monastery of San Vicente do Pino with its cloister and the classical facade, the Palace of the Counts of Lemos and the fortress of Castelo de Monforte with his dating from the 14th century, 30m high tower Torre da Homenaxe. This includes the 1600 resulting Colegio de Nuestra Senora la Antigua ( also Colegio de la Compañía del Colegio Cardenal or ) of the Jesuit order, which was built in the so-called Herrera style. It also keeps two paintings by El Greco and an altarpiece by Francisco de Moure in its interior, in addition to various works of art. Also, many important religious buildings ( monstrance, crucifixes, processional crosses, etc. ) are kept in the Monastery of Santa Clara. In addition, you will find there to sculptures, among other things, a Reclining Christ a work of Gregorio Hernández. In San Jacinto monastery you can hear one of the best organs in Galicia in the church. In a monastery Parador is set up.

Sons and daughters of the town

• José Diego Álvarez (born 1954 ), former Spanish footballer