Palas de Rei

The history of Palas de Rei appears closely linked to military culture, which retains many of the archaeological remains (dolmens and forts) from a remote settlement. According to tradition, the city owes its name "Pallatium regis" to the palace of the Visigothic king Witiza, who reigned between 702 and 710. In Palas, Witiza would have killed the Duke of Galicia, Favila, father of Don Pelayo.

The Romanesque style came through The Way of Santiago, leaving its mark on religious architecture. The church of Vilar de Donas stands out as one of the main references of Galician Romanesque, declared in 1931 historical-artistic monument. Its murals are some of the most outstanding and best preserved in Galicia.

The "Lucus Augusti" route passed through this area, and already in the sixth century was it confirmed as a part of the county of "Ulliensis", being the Middle Ages a period of prosperity for the town, thanks to the Camino de Santiago. The "Codex Calixtino" quoted Palas as an obligatory stop for the pilgrims to face the last stretches of the Jacobean route.

The town hall of Palas de Rei has an extensive artistic heritage that reflects the noble past of these lands, as it preserves remains of forts, towers, castles, as well as several mansions and emblazoned houses. Among the most important buildings we can mention: the old house-tower of Filgueira; the tower-house of Fontecuberta; the Pazo de Laia that conserves the coat of arms of the counts of Traba, of whose lineage would come the founder of Pambre; the house of Ulloa, where the Saavedra, Montenegros, Gayosos, the Deza, identified with their arms and family shields; the Pazo Mariñao; the old fortress of the Castro de Seixas in the parish of Merlán, from where this well-known Galician lineage comes; the Pazo de Pacheco, and finally the Castle of Pambre, a fortress constructed by Don Gonzalo Ozores de Ulloa in 1375, which resisted the revolt of 1467, becoming one of the best examples of Galic military architecture.

•Casilla de Peones Camineros

•Rúa de Ramiro Villamor

•O Cruceiro

•Igrexa de San Tirso de Palas de Rei

•Igrexa de San Xiao do Camiño

•O Castro

•O Castro de Riba

•Pazo de Vilar do Monte

Patrimonio:

En la parroquia de Vilar de Donas se encuentra la Iglesia románica de Vilar de Donas. Originariamente fue una iglesia monástica. La fundación del monasterio lo atribuye la tradición a unas donas (representadas en las pinturas góticas de la capilla mayor), con lo que se explicaría el topónimo. En realidad, su fundador fue Arias Pérez de Monterroso, a mediados del siglo XII.

En la parroquia de Pambre, se encuentra el Castillo de Pambre, fortificación medieval, una de las mejor conservadas de Galicia, antigua propiedad de su excelencia, Manuel Taboada Fernández, conde de Borrajeiros, actualmente propiedad de la Junta de Galicia.

•Mercadillo municipal

•Mercado Gandeiro de Palas de Rei

•Camiño Francés - 08 Palas de Rei a Compostela (750 km)

•Camino Francés - 07 Cacabelos a Palas de Rei (66261, 750 km)

•Luis Cordeiro, político español

•Luis Vilariño, piloto de rally español

•Rubén Camilo Lois González, Geógrafo

•Roberto Ouro Vázquez, político español

Alcaldía: Pablo José Taboada Camoira

Web oficial: http://www.concellopalasderei.es/

6 paradas de autobús en el municipio:

•Palas de Rei

•Farmacia Farmacia Isabel Randulfe Garcia

•Farmacia Farmacia Miguel A. Ulloa Piñeiro

•Lorena Pampín Negro — Avenida do Compostela 29

•Farmacia Parafarmacia Agrafojo — Avenida de Ourense 44

•Centro de Saúde e Punto de Atención Continuada de Palas de Rei