Today we are in the municipality of Ponte Caldelas (42.389318, -8.502583), Province of Pontevedra close to the capital. We will visit the parish called A Insua: Parish church of Santa Mariña and the Calvary of Insua, the Chapel of Santa Comba in Rebordelo and also the Chapel of Inmaculada Concepción in Silvoso.
Ponte Caldelas has about 5700 inhabitants. It is a land of rivers (mainly River Verdugo and River Oitavén), mountains and valleys (where the deciduous forest predominates). It is divided into 9 parishes: Anceu, Barbudo, Caritel, Forzáns, A Insua, Ponte Caldelas (the capital of the municipality), Taboadelo, Tourón and Xustáns. A rich religious and civil architectural heritage is combined with areas of outstanding natural beauty in all of them.
Parishes: Civil parishes are very important in Galicia as administrative entities of lower rank to municipalities, it could be said that they are a subdivision of them. In fact, current municipalities were created as groups of parishes. Civil parishes are of ecclesiastical origin.
This is Parish church of Santa Mariña and Calvary of Insua. The church is Baroque style. There are niches of the nineteenth century and a stone Via Crucis surrounding the entire atrium.
The Calvary.
These are the niches of the nineteenth century and we also can see part of the Via Crucis.
This is a niche with scallop shell shape and the statue of the patron saint of the eighteenth century.
The Chapel of Santa Comba de Rebordelo is Baroque style and it is of the eighteenth century. The cruceiro (stone cross) is dedicated to Santa Comba. A mass pilgrimage is celebrated every year in honour of Virgen de la Salud. It takes place on the weekend following Easter Sunday.
And this is the Chapel of Inmaculada Concepción de Silvoso. It is neoclassical style.
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