Portomarín

Portomarín used to be closer to the Miño river originally than it is today. The most important buildings were moved stone by stone to a higher location between 1956 and 1962, in order to save them from getting flooded after a hydroelectric dam upstream was finished, creating the Belesar reservoir. In drier times, when the water retreats, remains of old stone houses and the Roman bridge can still be seen.