Donas
With only eight houses and 12 inhabitants on about 1.20 km2, this is the smallest parish in Galicia. Its name comes from the former convent of San Breixome, home to Benedictine nuns (donas: ladies).
It lies in a small valley formed by a bend in the River Ulla just before the Gundián gorge, at an average altitude of 182 m. Its very productive land yields up to three harvests a year. It is known for the sulphurous water of its springs, and for the hot springs on the border with Caldelas. Here the River Pontillón forms a curious three-tier waterfall, the highest in the municipality.
Parish church of San Pedro de Donas
Described in 1748 as ruined, it was then rebuilt. Despite the alterations, the walls of the old Baroque main chapel survive. The exterior keeps the features of the work carried out in the second half of the 19th century in the historicist style, with plain, undecorated walls and a bell gable typical of the period, with a single storey and a pyramid top.
Altarpieces: main altarpiece.
· Sculpture: St Peter, Sacred Heart of Jesus, San Roque, St Anthony of Padua, Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St Rita of Cascia, Christ crucified, St Teresa and Our Lady of Peace.
Parish wayside cross
Made of concrete, it has a square platform and pedestal, a fluted octagonal shaft and a square capital with chamfered arms. On the front, Christ crucified; on the back, Our Lady of Mount Carmel with the Child Jesus.
Casa Grande de Donas (manor house)
Formerly home to the Benedictine nuns, it has been renovated and is now part of a large farm. Linked to the García Trazar family, it keeps its original structure with stone columns, five wine presses, a wooden hórreo on stone pillars and an old dovecote.
Donas waterfall
A spectacular cascade where the steep terrain makes the River Pontillón fall in three waterfalls, the highest in the municipality.
