27Monastery of San Pedro de Rocas

Esgos · Galicia

A hermitage carved into the living rock in the 6th century, one of the origins of Galician monasticism. Its chapels hewn from the bare stone and its anthropomorphic necropolis make song, quite literally, a voice returning to the rock.

Chronology and style

6th c. (refounded 12th c.) · Rock-cut · Benedictine hermitage