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27th Stage: from Sarria to Portomarín
The Route leaves Sarria and crosses first Viley and then Barbadelo. In the latter, pilgrims should stop by the church of Santiago, declared National Historical Heritage. Built in the 12 C, the temple is one of the best examples of the Romanesque in Galicia.

The key elements in the church are the tympanum, the frontispiece, the northern side and its sculptures. The next municipality to appear is Rente, followed by Mercado da Serra, a humble hamlet where the jewish people from Portomarín used to trade and supply pilgrims.


The Route continues towards Xisto del Camino; Leimán; Pana; Peruscallo; Cortiñas; Lavandeira; Casal; Brea, which means way, place on travellers´ way in general, and pilgrims in particular; Morgade, which consists only of one house; Ferreiros; Mirallos, containing an interesting 12 C church with an extraordinary transept; Pena; Couto; Rozas; Moimentos; Cotareio; Mercadoiro, where there are vestiges of an old road; Moutras; Parrocha and Vilachá, inhabited by many peasants of means. In this village stand the ruins of the Monastery of Loio, cradle of the Knights of the Order of Santiago. The small chapel of Santa María de Loio, with its Visigothic walls, is worthy of note.

After going through many hamlets, the Route arrives at a famous town, Potomarín. The town, which dates back to the Roman Age, was an important halt along the Route in the Middle Ages. The old Portomarín lies beneath the waters of the dam built in 1962. But before flooding the town, many monuments were moved, stone by stone, somewhere else. Such was the case of the church-fortress of the Knights of San Juan of Jerusalem, who once run the old hospital that lies beneath the waters of the Miño river, along with the old Medieval and Roman bridges. The municipality also has the church of San Nicolás, from the 13 C; the portal of the church of San Pedro, from 1182; the Count´s House, from the 16 C, and the Palace of Berbetoros, from the 17 C.
   

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