Mosteiro de Santa Maria das Júnias - Pitões das Júnias, Vila Real, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 41° 49.867 W 007° 56.553
29T E 587807 N 4631566
ruins of benedictine monastery
Waymark Code: WM13M3R
Location: Vila Real, Portugal
Date Posted: 01/04/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member BarbershopDru
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Pitões das Júnias -one of the highest towns in Portugal- is a town belonging to the municipality of Montalegre, in the Vila Real district, within the Peneda-Gerês National Park.
Its origin is directly related to the founding of the Monastery of Santa María de Junia, in the 12th century, built on a pre-Romanesque hermitage from the 9th century. This monastery could have exercised a support function for the pilgrims who were going to Santiago de Compostela, although the scarce existing documentation makes it difficult to know its history.
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