Historical background

In the twelfth century, Archbishop Gelmírez ordered the construction of a church to house the relics of Santa Susana, a temple that was remodeled in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and which today is surrounded by more than three hundred year old oak trees that form a magnificent oak, the carballeira of Santa Susana.

Campo da Estrela 

In 1546, the noble Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio y Álvarez de Toledo, IV Countof Altamira, donated some agricultural land for the use and enjoyment of inhabitants of Santiago. In 1835, the Santiago city council began the creation o fthe Campo da Estrela (Field of the Star), and the Paseo da Ferradura, which surrounds the Santa Susana carballeira.

Puerta Faxeira

In 1885 two large sculptural figures in the shape of a lion were transfered from the Puerta Faxeira, being placed at the entrance of the Paseo da Ferradura, a semicircular path that borders the Alameda. Since then, this section has been called Paseo de los Leones (walk of the lions).