Monumental Route (Basic)
If you don't have much time, this is a short walk through Ourense's Historic Centre to discover the essential monuments.
Two thousand years of history can be felt in Ourense’s monumental architecture, a range of buildings that invite you to travel in time: to Medieval Ourense, Renaissance Ourense, Baroque Ourense, Modernist Ourense … and much earlier, to the Roman and Pre-Roman city, famous for river Minho’s gold of and the hot waters of As Burgas.
If you would like to discover but you don’t have much time, we suggest a basic and comfortable route focused only on the Historic Centre, with ten essential landmarks that you can’t miss.
As Burgas
Main Square
Archaelogical Museum – Former Bishop’s Palace
Church of Holy Mary, Mother of God
Magdalene Square
Wheat Square
Municipal Museum
St. Martin’s Cathedral
St Euphemia’s Church
Oca-Valladares Palace
The origin of Ourense is related to these ancient sources flowing at more than 60 ° C.
Centre and heart of monumental Ourense. Its sloping floor, a rarity among Spanish main squares, attracts attention.
This Historic-Artistic Monument is the most complete example of Romanesque civil architecture in the city.
Site of the original cathedral of Ourense, from which the columns of the façade remain.
This square was an old cemetery and still retains the serene and peaceful atmosphere. It is one of the most beautiful in the city.
Old grain market by the Cathedral’s southern façade, surrounded by noble houses.
Central monument of Ourense, around which the Historic Centre is articulated. It is the oldest in Galicia, with towers that give it an air of strength.
Former Jesuit school with a remarkable façade, archetype of Galician Baroque. Its concave shape, used to give greater monumentality, attracts attention.
It is common that Liceo programmes concerts, exhibitions and other cultural activities. Its café, in the central patio of columns, is a traditional place for social gatherings in the city.