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Church of San Pedro de Canaval

The first recorded date for this church is 1115, when Munio Romariz donated the church to the San Pedro de Valverde monastery. Later it was linked with the Knights Templar, until this order was ended, and then it went to Casa de Lemos.

The floor plan of the building is rectangular, with a rectangular apse and a sacristy attached to the North face. It was refurbished in the 18th century. Only a few remains are left of the Romanesque church, in the interior and on the main façade, although the west wall is still intact and has an interesting doorway.

The doorway has two semicircular, sharp-edged archivolts, encircled with studs, which rest on elbow columns, two on each side, and a plain tympanum.