Castro de Lira is located on one of the peaks that form the Monte da Costa and is the highest of an iron age fort (castro). There isn’t much left to see but the vistas are quite nice. Cut into the rock there is an altar and close by several deep bowls cut into the rock. The early inhabitants the “os mouros”, held rituals here and like most other pagan places of worship it was in the 18th century Christianized with a chapel. On January 15, during the celebration of San Amaro, a priest fills the historic basins with water to bless the surrounding farmlands, surely a similar tradition inherited from centuries ago.

It is said that there were passageways at the top of San Amaro but the neighbors decided to plug them to prevent the cattle from falling into them.

The baroque chapel is very simple. It has a quadrangular plan, a gabled roof and a facade formed by a lintel door and two windows on both sides. Two pinnacles on the sides and a simple belfry adorned with a Latin cross on top.

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December 6, 2020

Castro de Lira is located on one of the peaks that form the Monte da Costa and is the highest of an iron age fort (castro). There isn’t much left to see but the vistas are quite nice. Cut into the rock there is an altar and close by several deep bowls cut into the rock. The early inhabitants the “os mouros”, held rituals here and like most other pagan places of worship it was in the 18th century Christianized with a chapel. On January 15, during the celebration of San Amaro, a priest fills the historic basins with water to bless the surrounding farmlands, surely a similar tradition inherited from centuries ago.

It is said that there were passageways at the top of San Amaro but the locals pluged them to prevent livestock from falling in.

The baroque chapel is very simple. It has a quadrangular plan, a gabled roof and a facade formed by a lintel door and two windows on both sides. Two pinnacles on the sides and a simple belfry adorned with a Latin cross on top.

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