Piornedo
Encyclopedia
Piornedo is a small village in the Ancares mountains in Spain
. It is part of the municipality of Cervantes
, which is in the comarca
of Os Ancares
, in the province of Lugo
, Galicia. The village is located at a height of approximately 1,300 metres.
Piornedo is famous for its museum, a preserved palloza
or traditional house, that shows how people lived in this remote region until comparatively recently. It is now a centre for tourism, especially for walkers, and has a small hotel, guest houses, restaurants and a bar.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is part of the municipality of Cervantes
Cervantes, Lugo
Cervantes is a municipality in the comarca of Os Ancares, in the province of Lugo, Galicia .It had a population of 1,973 in 2005, and has an area of 277 square kilometres. Its highest point is Mustellar , in the Ancares mountains....
, which is in the comarca
Comarca
A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
of Os Ancares
Os Ancares
Os Ancares is a comarca in the Galician Province of Lugo. The overall population of this local region is 13,888 .A range of mountains called in Galician the "Serra dos Ancares" forms the border with the neighbouring autonomous community of Castile and León where there is an area called Los...
, in the province of Lugo
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...
, Galicia. The village is located at a height of approximately 1,300 metres.
Piornedo is famous for its museum, a preserved palloza
Palloza
A palloza also known as pallouza or pallaza) is a traditional construction of the Serra dos Ancares.-Structure:A circular or oval, of ten to twenty meters in diameter. With stone walls and covered by a conical roof, composed of stalks of rye....
or traditional house, that shows how people lived in this remote region until comparatively recently. It is now a centre for tourism, especially for walkers, and has a small hotel, guest houses, restaurants and a bar.