The Church of San Pedro de Berdoias welcomes you in Berdoias (Vimianzo, Terra de Soneira, Costa da Morte) with the quiet charm of Galician temples that have witnessed centuries of life. History, devotion and stone craftsmanship meet in its interior and on its façade—a perfect stop for travellers who love heritage and rural hidden gems.
Its story begins in Grixoa, where the original parish church once stood. In the early 17th century, Alonso de Lema II and his wife Maior Franqueira moved the church to its current site and financed the main chapel in 1617. That act was carved into stone: the central keystone bears Alonso de Lema II’s anagram, also echoed by an inscription on the outer wall.
The layout follows a hall-type single nave that opens to a square main chapel through a campanel arch (arco campanel) over pillars. The chapel displays a ribbed, star-shaped vault with five keystones, a fine piece of stonemasonry that places the building firmly within the Early Modern period (16th–18th centuries).
The façade, built in the mid-19th century, steals the scene with a central two-stage bell tower, slender and Baroque in character, crowned by an octagonal drum and lantern. Above the doorway, a niche shelters the stone figure of Saint Peter holding the keys of Heaven, a gentle reminder that this is still the patron’s home and the beating heart of the parish.
