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1. Burgas. A group of three fountains with medicinalmineral water, which emerges at a temperature of 67ºC(“Burga de Abaixo”, a neoclassic fountain from the nineteenthcentury; the “Burga de Arriba”, a popular construction fromthe seventeenth century, and the “Burga do Medio”, amodern pool).2. Praza Maior. The city’s main square has an irregularshape, with houses with galleries and balconies from theeighteenth and nineteenth centuries.3. Archaeological Museum. Romanesque building fromthe twelfth century, one of the few civil buildings from thisperiod still remaining in Spain.4. Church of Santa María Nai: originally Romanesque,but rebuilt in the eighteenth century in Baroque style. Stillpreserves four marble columns in the portal, dating fromthe sixth century. Site of the first cathedral in Ourense.5. Magdalena Square. From the fifteenth to nineteenthcentury this square was used as a cemetery, and a numberof headstones are still preserved on one side. Later it wasused as a marketplace. Includes a slender Baroque roadsidecross in the centre.6. Trigo Square. Former marketplace where grain wassold. One side contains the Casa dos Temes, an eighteenthcenturymansion.7. Cathedral of San Martiño. Late Romanesque cathedralwith Gothic elements and a fortress-like appearance. Itsinterior includes:- The Main Chapel with an altarpiece by Cornielis de Holanda(1520) and the Renaissance choir stalls. A sixteenth-centurydome and elegant grille complete the group.- Chapel of Santo Cristo: in ‘Ogival’ Gothic style, from thesecond half of the sixteenth century and restored onecentury later. Ourense’s famous Gothic Christ figure is saidto have been brought to the city in the fourteenth centuryby the Bishop Vasco Pérez Mariño from Fisterra, where ithad appeared, floating in the sea. It seems to have a naturalbeard and hair sprouting from human skin, and legend tellsthat they still grow,thanks to the natural appearanceachieved by the unknown artist who carved it.- Pórtico do Paraíso: Thirteenth century portal, influencedby the Pórtico da Gloria in Compostela. Still preserves itsoriginal polychromatic paint.- Claustra Nova: an unfinished Gothic cloister, from the latethirteenth-early fourteenth century, which contains theCathedral Museum.- Romanesque Christ figure situated in the ambulatory.1. Burgas (see sights)24. A Chavasqueira, with pools of hot mineral andmedicinal waters for public use, with the Japanese-styledprivate area of the Termas da Chavasqueira. (Timetable:Tuesday-Thursday: 9 to 23.30 h. Friday: 9 am to 3 am.Saturday: 10 am to 3 am. Sunday: 10 to 23:30 h. Tel: 98821 48 21)25. Tinteiro: Five hundred metres further on is the thermalspring of O Tinteiro, with excellent qualities for sufferersof skin problems, at 43ºC.26. Muiño das Veigas. Continuing along the pathwayrenovated by the local council, two kilometres further onfrom O Tinteiro, is the Burgo do Muíño das Veigas, with hotwaters springs in an old mill, with four public thermal pools.27. Outariz: The route ends in Outariz, with pools similarto those at A Chavasqueira, recommended for sufferers ofrheumatism and artritis, and another private area: Termasde Outariz (Timetable: 11 am to 22 pm Tuesday closed.Tel: 988 36 46 50)Thermal springs train. Takes visitors to the thermalsprings along the righthand bank of the river Miño. Operatesall year round. Output: Plaza Mayor. Timetable: consult theMunicipal Tourist Office.15