36Monastery of Santa María de Oia

Oia · Galicia

The only Cistercian monastery at the ocean’s edge in Galicia, fortified against attacks by pirates and by the sea itself. Its Romanesque-Gothic church rises literally over the coastal rocks, battered by the Atlantic.

Chronology and style

Founded 12th c. · Cistercian · Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque

Ways and routes

PORTUGUESE COASTAL WAY