page_title: Pontevedra
section_title: Religious heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Pontevedra / Landmarks / Religious heritage
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Iglesia de Santo Domingo in de:Pontevedra
context_page_description: Pontevedra is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the Comarca and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rias Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city.
  The city is best known for its urban planning, pedestrianisation and the charm of its historic centre. In recent years, it has been awarded several international awards for its urban quality and quality of life, accessibility and urban mobility policy, like the international European INTERMODES Urban Mobility Award in 2013, the 2014 Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development awarded by UN-Habitat in partnership with Dubai Municipality and the "Excellence Prize" of the Center for Active Design in New York City in 2015, among others. Pontevedra's car free center helped transform it into one of the most accessible European cities, leading to various European and American studies on its exemplary urban planning been carried out in recent years.
context_section_description: Baroque church of the Pilgrim Virgin. The major symbol of the city, it is on the Place of the Pilgrim Virgin. Built on a semi-circular scallop plan, it is the only rounded scallop-shaped church in Spain.
  Gothic-Renaissance Basilica of St. Mary Major. Built by the powerful sailors guild. It has a remarkable flattened facade.
  Gothic church of St. Francis overlooking the Herrería Square. It is one of the mendicant-style churches in Galicia. Its plan is a Latin cross, with a single nave and a chevet with three polygonal apses. The church houses the tomb of the admiral and poet Payo Gómez Chariño, which dates from the 13th century.
  Ruins of the Gothic church of St. Dominic, having belonged to the Dominican order, only the chevet with five polygonal chapels remains. Today they belong to the Pontevedra Museum.
  Baroque church of St. Bartholomew (Italian baroque).
  Convent and Romanesque-Gothic church of St. Clare.
  Shrine of the Apparitions. Where the Virgin of Fatima appeared at Sister Mary Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Fatima.
  Chapel of the Nazareno (S.XIV)
  Chapel of Souls (Neo-Gothic, S.XIX).
  Chapel Saint-Rock.
  Saint-Francis Convent.
  College of the Society of Jesus (Italian Baroque).
  Monastery of Saint-Saviour of Lérez, a Baroque reanimation on a picturesque site. This former Benedictine monastery has a church (from the 18th century) whose facade is flanked by two towers. Adjacent to the church is one of the galleries of the former Renaissance cloister of the 16th century.
  Monastery of St. John of Poio.
caption: Gothic Santo Domingo Church
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