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From Gallaecia to the Euro-Region
Convent of Vilar de frades (Barcelos)
Architecture of the new orders:
Jesuits, Hyeronimites and lóios
Not only the old orders were remodelled, but also new ones became spread,
like the Jesuits. In the case of Portugal, Hyeronimites had a greater importance,
as well as the secular conegos of São João Evangelista or Lóios. The first were
more interested in the study, while the second ones were dedicated to pastoral
action. Some of the best examples of the architecture of these new orders were
the monastery of Santa María da Feira or the church of Vilar de Frades, in
the municipality of Barcelos, first headquarters of the Lóios.
The diffusion of the Jesuit order
has left different examples that
share the taste for a simple and
austere decoration. The most relevant
example of the Colegio de Nuestra
Señora la Antigua, also known as
the Colegio de la Compañía en
Monforte de Lemos. The relation
and the importance that the counts of
Lemos had in the configuration of the
current city are undeniable. The history
of Monforte greatly benefitted from
the importance that the Castro had in
Spanish politics in the Modern Age. It
could not have been otherwise, since it
was the central, homonymous core of a
house that gathered some of the most
important and of most responsibility
honours of Spain at the time. They were
members of the State Council, viceroys
of Naples and, in the case of the
cardinal don Rodrigo de Castro, also
of the Supreme Inquisition Council.
“O the Galician Escorial”,
joins the characteristics
of a Herreran style and
the principles of Jesuit
architecture”
This building, known as “the Galician
Escorial”, joins the characteristics of
a Herreran style and the principles of
Jesuit architecture. The influence of its
architectural forms became spread in
the area, and an example of it was
the Benedictine monastery of San
Vicente do Pino, a good example
of the Herreran style in Galicia. Also
linked to the Castro family, the convent
of Santa Clara de Monforte was
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