College of Nosa Senora da Antiga

The College of Nosa Senora da Antiga is located in the metropolis of Monforte de Lemos. Built in the Herreriano, the college is often known as El Escorial of Galicia, being of the few manifestations of this fashion on this network. It is forever related to the discern of its founder, Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro, perhaps the final wonderful ecclesiastical prince of the Renaissance in Spain, Archbishop of Seville, super benefactor of Monforte, and consumer of the arts. The university became a Seminary until 1773 and later a University, displaying up to seven chairs in a time whilst it turned into now not yet hooked up within the province.

Originally run by way of the Jesuits, their order changed into expelled from Spain, through the Pragmatic Sanction of 1767 led to the removal of any present symbol to keep in mind their life in the country. The church has an altar of wooden, carved by means of Francisco de Moure, which couldn't be finished in his life and was finished by way of his son. On one side of the altar, it's far possible to observe a praying statue of Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro, created with the aid of John of Bologna, and pretty appeared for its perfection and area of expertise. The statue, located on the stays of Cardinal, is confronted with a photograph of Our Lady of Antigua. Behind the portray became every other tomb, and various studies found out that it changed into the mom of the Cardinal.