Church and cemetery of Santa María de Montouto
The church and cemetery of Santa María of Montouto are one of the complexes religiosos more representativos of esta parish of Santa Comba. Su presencia refleja centuries of historia vinculados to the vida espiritual and comunitaria of a población profundamente ligada to the medio rural.
The church preserves the carácter sobrio and armonioso propio of numerosos templos Galicians, integrándose of forma natural in the landscape that the rodea. The cementerio, situado next to the templo, completa a space of great valor historic that allows interpretar the evolución of the comunidad along the tiempo.
The parish of Montouto is part of the territorios that contribuyeron a configurar the identidad cultural of Santa Comba, and su heritage religioso continúa siendo a elemento fundamental of esa memoria colectiva.
The visit allows descubrir one of the expresiones more auténticas of the heritage cultural rural Galician and acercarse to the historia of the comunidades local.
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