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The Castro Lupario hillfort (Rois,#Galicia) has alway captivated the attention of writers and scholars. It is located very close to Santiago de Compostela, had some intriguing findings, uncommon features and a strong legend on a powerful queen.
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At least since the 16th century, travellers have visited the ruins, looking for the legend. The Castro Lupario was the seat of the Raíña Lupa, the She-Wolf Queen, sovereign of these lands when the corpse of Saint James arrived from Palestine in a stone boat.
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The queen built a pagan temple to which crowds flocked. The Apostle's disciples asked the queen to bury him there. This pagan seat of power was so relevant for Saint James' myth that in 1610 Mauro Castellá depicted the hillfort in the centre of the territory.
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Tired after a long day of hunting or a hard run against the neighboring hillfort? Try relaxing in a sweat lodge, those fascinating Iron Age buildings from Gallaecia that we will visit in this #hillfortswednesday 📸by @par_virtual
The sweat lodges are very unique buildings from the Iron Age in NW Iberia. They are concentrated in the west of Asturias and in the north of Portugal.

It has not yet been explained why there are so few in the central region.
📸by Marco G. Quintela

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The most spectacular part is the 'pedra formosa' (the beautiful stone). In the southern sweat lodges they are beautifully decorated, with deep symbolism. The entrance to the heat chamber is always very narrow and small.
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