Church of San Cristovo (Saint Christopher) in Goián
Goián is one of the 15 parishes in the Municipality of Tomiño. It is located to the south of the Province of Pontevedra, on the River Miño near the mouth. The division into parishes remains in Galicia. They are civil parishes and are of ecclesiastical origin. Goián is also one of two main urban centers in Tomiño. The other one is O Seixo.
Parish Church of San Cristovo was built in 1746 following the late Manueline Style. It is a Portuguese style during the reign of Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521) and later. That style influenced some churches in areas bordering the neighboring country south of Galicia.
The church has three naves although the aisles and the bell tower are of later time. They were built in 1860.
Chapel of San Roque and cork oaks of over 100 years.
It is dedicated to San Roque and it was built in 1674. It belonged to an old fortress, Nosa Señora Da Concepción (Our Lady of Conception), built by the Portuguese, nowadays we hardly had remains of the fortress. Portuguese occupied the southern part of what is today the province of Pontevedra. That was in the context of the War of Restoration in the second half of the 17th Century, between 1664 and 1668.
There are some sobreiras, cork oaks in Galician Language, beside the chapel. These trees are of over 100 years.
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