They are behind, then, Carrascosa and its mysteries and in half a dozen kilometers, approximately, we come to a village, Castilfrío, also of the Sierra, that still, and even in spite of the stigmas of

I knew what Álvaro Cunqueiro-the quintessential chromaticist of Galicia-was talking about when, referring to this impressive church-fortress of San Xoan or of San Nicolau, which by both names is known,

'Savior, this is a holy temple under the invocation of your name, may you also like all these gifts that we offer you here, but whoever tries to recklessly break my vows, who is deprived of the light,

Spectacular also, both as a whole and in its details, the church of Santa María de Cambre, is another genuine exponent of an artistic style, the Romanesque, which was unfolded like a tide by a convulsed