Torres de Cereixo

LUGAR ESTRATÉGICO

One of the most impressive “pazos”, or manor houses, along the whole of the Costa da Morte coast is called The Towers of Cereixo, las Torres de Cereixo. The towers are thought to have been built in the 16th century and their renaissance layout recalls that of the neighbouring towers “do Allo”, in the council district of Zas. They have an L-shaped floor plan and there is a façade between the two towers, which are both crowned with merlons. Although they look as if they were built for defence, this is, in fact, just an ornamental fancy of the time and they are actually a palace-like building. Their first owners were the Calo and Carantoña families, but perhaps the most well-known were the Counts of Taboada and Maceda at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century. The counts were closely connected to the tradition of the Way of St. James because, between 1717 and 1726, they made numerous donations to the shrine at Muxía, which enabled it to become the great shrine it is today.