Exploring history in London & abroad with my camera
Ribadeo lies on the River Eo, the border between Galicia and Asturias, and just yards away from the sea. People have been here probably for thousands of years, living from both the land and the water, and trading from the safety of a harbour in a small sheltered inland bay. Today the estuary is a…
We decided to leave Lugo early and squeeze in a few days sitting in the Parador at Ribadeo. This would allow the less mobile member of the party to sit in more salubrious conditions than the rather scruffy and less than spotless AirBnB in Lugo. We set off with the temperature at 13C, and in…
We stayed in an AirBnB near the Puerta San Pedro in Lugo from which it was easy to walk into the town and explore. In an historic town like Lugo you can just wander through the streets from one site to the next, and this was one walk in Lugo with the camera. The Church…
The Festival of St Froilan is an annual event in Lugo at the beginning of October. We watched the preparations and we were there on the opening night! St Froilan St Froilan is the Patron Saint of Leon and Lugo. The saint was born in Lugo in 832 and his early education was strongly religious.…
There are several parks in Lugo as well as gardens and green spaces but I only spent three days in the town and so time for exploring was very limited. Nevertheless I managed to visit a few parks in Lugo. The Park of Rosalia Castro The Park of Rosalia Castro is outside the Roman walls,…
The Museums in Lugo are fascinating and they are certainly worth the ticket price so don't hesitate if you are in the city! We visited the Provincial Museum in Lugo but there is also the House of Mosaics, and the Centurion's House opposite the Cathedral. In fact all the museums we visited in Spain were…
The Cathedral of Santa Maria in Lugo is an imposing building in one corner of the old town, next to the Roman walls. Building started in the 12C and shows different architectural styles from the Romanesque to the Baroque. You have to buy a ticket as a visitor, like all the cathedrals I saw, so…
The Roman walls of Lugo date from the 4C and have seventy one towers and ten gates, and are c.2kms in circumference. Lugo is the only city in the world where the Roman walls are complete. We had been travelling in Northern Spain and had seen Roman walls in Leon, but we were particularly looking…
I particularly wanted to see the Church of St John in Portomarin and we decided to stop there on the journey from Monforte de Lemos to Lugo. Monforte is a wonderful stop for a few days, but it was time to move on - to Lugo. Monforte de Lemos in the early morning The road…
There are two main parks in Monforte de Lemos, both along the River Cabe, magnolia trees line the roads in the town centre and there are plants on balconies. Monforte has many green spaces and corners, and apparently there are more than a dozen parks in the town! The Parque dos Condes The Park of…
