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Celanova Attractions

Leave Orense on N 540, going south, which comes in 26km/16mi to Celanova (alt. 645m/2,116ft).
San Rosendo
In the Plaza Mayor in Celanova is the famous Benedictine monastery of San Rosendo, founded in 936 but now mainly Baroque. The church has a magnificent facade by Melchor de Velasco, and on entering it the visitor will be overwhelmed by the Baroque splendor of the retablos, particularly the one in the Capilla Mayor. The beautiful cloister (1550) and the panelled stair-wells are also magnificent examples of Baroque art. Of the original monastery there survives the church of San Miguel (10th C.) in the monastery garden.
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