Santa María is a town in the province of Orense (Spain) belonging to the municipality of Petín. History

Santa María is a parish of Petín. His church, according to my grandmothers and older people, was known as the mother of seven churches. It is built on a fort and the panoramic around from Vilamartín to Manzaneda. It is in front of the castro Cabanelas. Heritage

The church has a Latin cross plan. Formerly the floor was paved with large slabs, but today it is made of wood. Flared windows open on the thick walls. On the right wall, next to the sacristy, painted in black and red, the Virgin who was covered by covering the granite walls of the church with cement.

Rogelio Díaz, writer and poet born in Petín, wrote a beautiful poetry to the bells of the church of Santa María - Petín. It is possible to emphasize that in the exterior south wall there are engravings of the Roman game three in a row; the favorite game of Nero and the Roman soldiers.

Inside we find two interesting altarpieces of the eighteenth century. The altarpiece of the Christ is beautifully decorated with Solomonic columns, leaves and clusters of grapes and the altarpiece of Santa Lucía with Estípes. At the entrance to the cemetery there is a Roman altar. Chús

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