Historical background

The gardens of the Pazo Quinteiro da Cruz have an 18th century manor house, two granaries (one made of stone 15 meters long x 2.5 meters wide from the 18th century and the other made of stone and wood from the 19th century), stone crosses from the 18th century and 16th century, a 16th century chapel with a baptismal font from the end of the 12th century, a laundry room, crenelated dovecote, porch with a press, “lareira” (fireplace) and farm implements catalogued in the European viticultural heritage and historical-artistic heritage of Galicia, baroque fountains, statues and sundials, as well as a traditional winery and a production cellar.

Garden of International Excellence

In this enclosure the reform of the current Statute of Autonomy of Galicia was forged. It is part of the historical gardens of Galicia and is a garden of International Excellence. The first Galician poetry congress took place, different literary, painting, cultural, experiential, and sustainability encounters have been held over the years.

A garden with the soul of a museum where the Forest of Words is located, inaugurated by the Brazilian writer Nélida Piñón in 2014, an oriental garden surrounded by bamboo. It has a collection of camellias with Augmented Reality.