39Monastery of San Xoán de Poio

Poio · Galicia

A Benedictine monastery with a long history, a great cloister and a famous modern mosaic of the Camino. It keeps the memory of Saint Trahamunda; today a Mercedarian community, above the estuary of Pontevedra.

Chronology and style

Founded in the Early Middle Ages (present fabric 16th–18th c.) · Renaissance and Baroque

Ways and routes

SPIRITUAL VARIANT OF THE PORTUGUESE WAY