The monastery of Ferreira's Santa Maria of Pallares was founded in the year 909 by counts don Ero and Mrs Laura; although, as the monastery gets rid of other documents it existed before the donation of Ero and Elvira, although her importance of the donation did that they were considered to be founders. To to set off of the initial years of the Xth century, the donations to monastery show themselves, as in the XIth century. During XIIth century, monarches and individuals continue with them; this way, Alfonso VII, Alfonso XI, Fernando Muñiz, the countess Fronilde and Alfonso IX continue with his favors for the sake of the monastery. The importance of the same one inside the possessions of the mitre they are shown it does that contentious boarding is one of the churches mentioned in the papal resolution to between the episcopates of Oviedo and Lugo for put in possession of several grounds and temples. The litigation happened for concluded by means of a series of bulls and for the assertion for Adriano VI, in 1156, of the possession of Ferreira's church of Pallares in favor of Lugo. Throughout the XIIIth century, the patrimony of the monastery keeps on increasing thanks to donations and exchanges, like the realized one with the bishop of Lugo, Martín, on January 18 of 1228, or by means of buy, case of the carried out one by the abbot Martín on February 3, 1228. The possession of all these goods not was always pacific, having to take control sometimes of the proper one monarch. The real protection was continuous: Sancho IV, Fernando IV, Alfonso XI, Peter I and Juan I, confirmed and sentenced in repeated occasions in favor of the monastery. When, by request of Reyes Católicos, the reform of the monasteries is carried out Galicians, Ferreira de Pallares is annexed by San Xián to Samos in the year 1517. The above mentioned annexation was sanctioned by the bull of León X. To to set off of then stays like priory dependent on the monastery of Samos up to the secularization of the year 1835. At present, there is one simple parish of the diocese of Lugo. Therefore monastic church refers to to saying that, according to Yepes the whole episcopate of Lugo is one of the best of . In her formulae intermingle and Romanesque solutions with other protogóticas. (Text delegation).De rectangular plant made with chairs granitic and covered with slate. Stretches, apse consists of a ship split into 4 with rectangular stretch and semicircular head, chapel mausoleum of the Taboada, Gothic and attached to the south elevation of the ship, cloister of plant squared in arches escarzanos of the XVIIth and slender tower - belfry of the XVIIIth. Front with principal door of semicircular arch, three decorated archivolts and three pairs of columns with his capitals decorated with vegetable, animal motives and human; porch on columns semi-detached house and tower of 4 bodies. North and south doors also of semicircular arch and decorated of almost similar form. Interior: major baroque reredos and other reredoses of different styles, with sizes. Declared monument historical - artistic. (Turgalicia).

Places of Ferreira de Pallares: To Lime, Ferreira, Lousada, Matei, San Paio.