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Data of the Town |
Meilan |
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Town |
Parish: Meilán (Santiago) |
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Municipality / council |
Lugo / Region: Lugo |
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Province |
Lugo |
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Community |
Gallicia |
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inhabitants 2003 |
376 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Praza Maior, 1 |
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ZIP code |
27296 |
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Phone |
982 29 71 00 |
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Fax |
982 29 71 01 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Lugo |
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Web of Interest |
Church of Meilan |
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E-mail municipality |
info@concellodelugo.org |
Places of Meilan: To Barreira, Castro, Chows, To Devesa, Distriz, Guntin, Meilan, Milleiros, Pacios, To Rubiana, To Quite from Milleiros, To Vaqueira, Vilar.
Typical Church of Romanesque rural dated in the second half of the XIIth century, with diverse reforms of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Of rectangular plant, slate covering to three waters, and tackle of chairs of granite, with big tower - belfry of double body and auction in dome of orange, of possible Romanesque origin but reformed, and leaned to apse. This one keeps interest in the vaults of cannon and of quarter of orange of his interior and for the Romanesque canecillos that still it preserves in his exterior. Principal front reformed completely in the baroque at the beginning of the XVIIth, with flat door and, on she, pediment divided with stony image of Santiago Apóstol. Interior: three baroque reredoses with columns salomónicas, of the centuries XVII - XVIII. Ancient sculptures of peculiar Santiago, S. José, S. Pedro and Blessed Virgin of the XVIIth. At his entry a simple one is located cruceiro of hewing of stone. It was declared a National Monument.