Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro
The Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro is a Galician monastery founded in the tenth century by Saint Rudesind. It is situated in A Capela, in Galicia, within the Fragas do Eume natural park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cultural property in Capela, Spain
- Also known as: “Ex-colexiata de Santa María de Caaveiro” and “Saint John of Caaveiro”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fragas do Eume and A Capela town hall.
Fragas do Eume
Photo: migonmar25, CC BY 2.0.
The Fragas do Eume is a natural park situated in north-west Spain. Fraga is a Galician word for "natural woodland", and the park is an example of a temperate rainforest in which oak is the climax vegetation. Fragas do Eume is situated 140 metres northeast of Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro.
A Capela town hall
Town hall
A Capela town hall is situated 2 km north of Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include As Neves and Os Covos.
Os Covos
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Os Covos is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km north of Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro.
Gunturiz
Hamlet
Photo: Xosé Antonio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gunturiz is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro.
Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro
- Categories: monument, historic site, religious organization, and religion
- Location: A Capela, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.41758° or 43° 25′ 3″ northLongitude
-8.06811° or 8° 4′ 5″ westOpen location code
8CMHCW9J+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 25739729OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q3327219
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monestir de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Joan de Caaveiro”
- Galician: “mosteiro de Caaveiro”
- Galician: “mosteiro de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
- German: “Mosteiro de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
- Hindi: “कावेइरो के सेंट जॉन”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Caaveiro”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São João de Caaveiro”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São Xoán de Caaveiro”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Caveiro”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Juan de Caaveiro”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Juan”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Xoán de Caaveiro”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Igrexa de Santa Isabel and Fervenza da Mazoca.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro”. Photo: Lansbricae, CC BY 2.0.