Lalín

Lalín lies inland in the Galician district of Deza, amid a landscape dotted with ancient hillforts and burial mounds. The parish of San Martín de Lalín belonged to a countryside divided among many ecclesiastical and secular patrons. An eighteenth-century survey of the archpriesthood of Deza recorded neighboring parishes under the patronage of the crown, the bishop of Lugo, noble houses and monasteries. Their varied rights and revenues reveal the intricate pattern of authority in the district.