The museum was funded in 1984 by a patronage of Fonsagrada neighbours. Currently, the town council and the high and elementary schools are part of the association. The museum houses etnographic, archaeological and contemporary art pieces.
Museo Comarcal da Fonsagrada (Museos de Galicia)
Praza do museo, nº s/n 27100 A Fonsagrada (Lugo)
Museo Etnográfico da Fonsagrada
With an average surface of 300 square metres, the museum is composed by a group of pallozas that recreate the life in the mountains of Lugo, located in the historical first stage of the French route of St. James’ Way in Galician territory, named UNESCO's World Heritage Site.
Conxunto Etnográfico do Cebreiro (Museos de Galicia)
Conxunto Etnográfico do Cebreiro (Camiño de Santiago)
27671 Pedrafita do Cebreiro (Lugo)
The Arnoia formed by the union of streams of Rodicio, spill from Mount Cabeza da Meda over Xunqueira de Espadañedo and Maceda and from San Mamede - by land of Rebordechao - at the height of Baños de Molgas, crosses by Xunqueira de Ambía and Allariz and near Celanova, sinking its channel in the lower sector between the Novelle preserve and the Silvaoscura mountain range - similar to the beautiful German Schwarzswald. The valley is especially called Arnoya in its vicinity to the Miño, where it ends downstream of Ribadavia at the foot of the beautiful Monte Coto de Novelle (710). Otero, Pedrayo, R,. ( 198o) Guía de Galicia. Vigo. Ed:Galaxia.
32660 Allariz (Ourense)
Piornedo dos Ancares
27667 Cervantes (Lugo)
Contacto 982151619 / 982245540 / 982151717
http://www.pallozamuseocasadosesto.com
isolina@pallozamuseocasadosesto.com
The palloza 'Casa do Sesto' dates back at least from 1770. It was the main house of the current owner until 1970. Since 1989 is opened for the general public - in 2007 was awarded with the autonomous administration recognition as etnographic collection available for visits. The main goal of the palloza is to broadcast the traditional way of life and culture of this high-lying mountain area, maintaining the primitive structure of these contractions and saving in the interior the tools and instruments related to the original uses.
The pallozas were ancient stone houses with a conical roof composed of stalks of rye. The houses were inhabited by both people and the cattle and were designed to meet the needs of the inhabitants. On one side, the palloza is one space organised for multiple uses (where everything is close together but organised) In the other side, the capacity of the palloza to retain the heat is due to the cover of one and a half metres of waterproof stalk, which maintains a constant temperature.
Therefore, the palloza Casa do Sesto is definitely an image of these features: the stone wall structure and the roof composed of stalks of rye are distributed in one part of the cattle and one part for people. The four rooms are the bedrooms, the hearth, the oven and the stable for both big and small cattle.
The tools and furniture preserved inside are used by the family whilst they lived there - they are not just a collection, but truly necessary items of the survival of a family in self-sufficient way.
