Carballeda de Avia: Hiking and Culture

Those looking for a circular route in Carballeda de Avia with clearly named local landmarks will find the Ruta dos Muíños, a trail that begins in the district of A Veronza, reaches As Fermosas and returns via Vilar de Condes and Vilariño. The sequence of these districts describes the route as a continuous circuit within the municipality and makes the individual sections of the trail traceable by their names.

More local pages: Riós, A Teixeira, Astureses, O Irixo, Corvillón, Albarellos, Cartelle and Ribadavia.

Hiking and Trails

The Ruta dos Cabalos passes through the higher-lying areas of Carballeda de Avia and offers views towards O Ribeiro. The Camino Natural de Carballeda is approximately 18 kilometres long and runs through the municipality of Carballeda de Avia. Another clearly designated circular route, the Ruta dos Regatos do Maquiáns, is 22.7 kilometres long and forms part of the Galician short-distance trail network. This means that the municipality has both an approximately 18-kilometre-long route and a 22.7-kilometre circular trail. The Ruta dos Cabalos adds higher-lying trail sections and views towards O Ribeiro to these two details. The three routes therefore differ in their stated lengths, form or geographical course, without their trails being combined into one shared route.

The sequence of localities along the Ruta dos Muíños and the information about the Camino Natural de Carballeda refer to the municipality. In the case of the Ruta dos Regatos do Maquiáns, it is additionally recorded that it belongs to the Galician short-distance trail network. The course of the Ruta dos Cabalos, by contrast, is characterised by the higher-lying areas it traverses and the direction of the views.

Landscape

Pena Corneira is located in the municipality of Carballeda de Avia and reaches an elevation of 675 metres. This elevation refers to Pena Corneira itself, while the Ruta dos Cabalos independently passes through higher-lying areas of the municipality. The two landscape references therefore stand alongside each other: one is a named point with a stated elevation, while the other is a route with a described direction of view.

Culture and Buildings

O Curro do Faro das Laceiras is a circularly enclosed pen. Horses raised in the mountains are temporarily kept there for marking and shearing. The site is therefore an enclosure with a time-limited function for these horses. The circular enclosure and the temporary housing are just as much part of the description as the activities of marking and shearing.

San Xoán de Muimenta is a Romanesque church. Santo Andrés de Abelenda das Penas preserves a tympanum with geometric and plant motifs. The Ermida da Virxe de Lodairo is a chapel dating from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods.

San Pedro de Beiro belonged to the monastery of San Martiño Pinario. The Baroque church of San Miguel de Carballeda de Avia was classified as a BIC (Bien de Interés Cultural) in 1982. Torre Nova de Carballeda was classified as a BIC (Bien de Interés Cultural) in 1994.

The hórreos of Muimenta are notable examples of vernacular architecture. Together with the churches, the chapel, the former monastic affiliation and the two BIC classifications, Carballeda de Avia features various forms of built heritage. Their respective characteristics remain distinguishable: religious buildings, a historical affiliation reference, protected buildings and examples of vernacular architecture.

For the overarching travel overview: Ourense.