Features
Feature · 8 October 2026
Tools of the Galician farmer: a year's work by hand
A field notebook from the Navia valley keeps the names of the tools that worked Galician land until half a century ago. We follow them through the farming year, from the plough to the granary.
Feature · 7 October 2026
O carro e o home: the life of the Galician farmer at the pace of the oxen
A film shot over ten days in the summer of 1940 in Lobeira tells the life story of a Galician ox cart, from the oak tree to the barn. Around it, the culture of the farmer: shared work, the singing axle and a world that has vanished.
Feature · 7 October 2026
The musicians of the Portico
Twenty-four elders tune their instruments on the archivolt of the Portico of Glory. They are one of the most complete surviving images of medieval music.
Feature · 6 October 2026
The Portico of Glory, arch by arch
More than two hundred figures carved in granite and marble tell the story of salvation, from the Old Testament to the Last Judgement. A guide to reading the Portico.