We will meet at the indicated time in front of the Virgen del Portal Church. Accompanied by a guide in Spanish, we will tour the Historical-Artistic complex of “Rippa Avia”, the beautiful town located at the foot of the Avia River and in the heart of the Ribeiro.

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Let’s start! The freetour begins right next to the Convent of San Domingos and the Virgen del Portal Church, the patron saint of Ribadavia and Ribeiro, to continue descending towards the Castle of the Counts of Ribadavia and tour part of its wall. They wanted to demolish it in the 19th century but, luckily, a large part and 3 of its 5 doors are preserved. One of them, the Porta Nova, will give us entrance to the historic center and the Jewish Quarter, registered in the Spanish Sephardic Routes. The tour will stop at a couple of viewpoints so you can enjoy the views of the river and its bridges. Could it be that one of them reminds you of the style of the most famous tower in Paris?

We will also see some other churches such as Magdalena or Santiago, which will show us the ecclesiastical importance that existed in the town and its surroundings.

We will continue the visit walking through small streets until we reach the House of the Inquisition and then we will go out to the modern area to see the Old Nogueira Bank, one of the most important in the Province.

We will return to the historic area passing through the Plaza de Abastos and the Church of San Juan Bautista, founded by the Order of San Juan de Jerusalem. Clergy or military? We’ll find out!

The tour will take us to know the history of the Touza Sisters. Did you know that they managed to save more than 500 Jews who were escaping the Holocaust?

After this the tour will end in the Plaza Mayor.