Mondoñedo

Every street in Mondoñedo's old town leads to the cathedral square, and the cathedral itself is nicknamed the kneeling cathedral for its low, well-proportioned bulk. Until 1833 this small town in a sheltered valley was capital of one of Galicia's seven historic provinces. In front of the cathedral the marshal Pardo de Cela was beheaded, while his royal pardon was held up at the Pasatiempo bridge.

Highlights

• The cathedral, mixing Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque, with the English Madonna
• The seminary library, with incunabula and 13th-century manuscripts
• Fonte Vella, a 16th-century monumental fountain
• Santuario dos Remedios, rebuilt in 1733 by Bishop Sarmiento
• The Mercado Medieval on the second weekend of August

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.