Ribadavia

Ribadavia stands near the meeting of the Avia and Miño rivers in Galicia's Ribeiro district. Vineyards and wine have long been central to the surrounding economy. The town's old quarter preserves traces of a substantial Jewish neighbourhood, including a former synagogue. Nearby stand the remains of the fifteenth-century castle of the Sarmiento family, counts of Ribadavia, and portions of the old town walls. The main square also contains a sixteenth-century town hall. Together these buildings recall a community shaped by commerce, local government and noble authority in a productive river valley.