Church of San Xiao de Bastavales

The church of San Xiao of Bastavales ocupa a place notable dentro of the heritage cultural Galician gracias a su estrecha vinculación with the figura of Rosalía of hillfort. Este templo parish is one of the spaces more evocadores of the universo literario rosaliano and one of the places that best allow comprender the profunda relación of the escritora with the landscape and the cultura rural Galician.

The church is located in a surroundings of great belleza paisajística, caracterizado through the presencia of pequeñas villages, forests and spaces agrícolas that conservan great parte of su carácter traditional. from sus inmediaciones se obtienen algunas of the views more representativas of the region, a landscape that inspiró a Rosalía and that aparece reflejado in different referencias literarias.

more allá of su valor literario, the templo posee interés historic and religioso como centro of the vida parish of Bastavales. during generaciones ha sido escenario of celebraciones religiosas and acontecimientos comunitarios that forman parte of the memoria colectiva local.

The visit allows combinar heritage, literatura and landscape in a experiencia especially enriquecedora. San Xiao of Bastavales is a referencia imprescindible for quienes desean acercarse to the figura of Rosalía of hillfort and descubrir one of the spaces more emblemáticos of Brión.