Leboreiro

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Melide municipality: Leboreiro
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Leboreiro (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Galicia
Province : A Coruña
Comarca : Interior
Coordinates 42 ° 53 ′  N , 7 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ′  N , 7 ° 58 ′  W
Height : 440  msnm
Residents : 66 (2011) INE
Area code: 15046150000

Leboreiro is a place on the edge of the Camino de Santiago . It is located in the A Coruña province of the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain . Administratively, the place belongs to the municipality of Melide .

The place is mentioned by Aimeric Picaud in his pilgrim guide as "Campus leuurarius" (Hasenfeld), which indicates the relevance of the place for the pilgrimage.

Igrexa de Santa Maria
Calvary in Leboreiro

Worth seeing

  • St. Mary's Church (Igrexa de Santa Maria), late Romanesque church with a nave, round apse and a statue of Mary in the tympanum .
  • Former pilgrims' hospice, opposite the church, on the facade the coat of arms of the Ulloa family, who founded the house in the 12th century.
  • Old Roman road northwest of the village with a bridge over the Río Seco. The Way of St. James runs a few hundred meters on its restored route.

Individual evidence

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Navigation bar St. James " Camino Francés "

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