April 11, 2026
Our eTwinning project "Roman Footprint across borders" continues to progress.
This time, we enjoyed a wonderful day exploring several sites in the province of Ourense where the Romans were present.Some of these sites, like the Roman camp of Aquis Querquennis, located along Via XVIII, also known as Via Nova, were of great importance to the empire. We also had time for our students to get to know each other better and prepare some of the activities we will be doing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, when we visit our project partners at the end of April. Watch this video to see how the day unfolded.
Santa Comba Visigothic Church
The church of Santa Comba de Bande is one of the best Visigothic prerromanic temples and also one of the best preserved in the Iberian Peninsula.
Aquis Querquennis
According to archaeological studies, this Roman camp was erected as a base of operations for the construction of the Via Nova. The chronological proximity between its oldest monetary and ceramic remains, as well as the first inauguration of this historic road in the years 79/80 of the first century AD, support this idea.
In the Aquis Querquennis Interpretation Centre we found a map of the Roman Empire in which the city of Diyarbakir appeared with the name by which the Romans knew it: Amida
Although the archaeological site was almost entirely submerged in the waters of the Conchas reservoir due to the abundant rains of last winter, we were lucky enough to see some of the remains of the Roman camp.
We would like to thank the Aquis Querquennis Interpretation Centre for their warm welcome. Their archaeologists, Martiño and Raul, made it possible for us to visit despite it being closed at this time of year. Raul explained the entire history of the camp to us in great detail. The reception staff were also extremely friendly.
Lunch time!
Monastery of San Salvador Celanova
Many thanks to Sister Gladys for telling us the story of this extraordinary monastery
San Miguel Chapel
San Miguel de Celanova is a small gem of Mozarabic art, built in the 10th century, which demonstrates the influence of Al-Andalus on Christian architecture in northern Spain during that period. Its tiny size makes it the smallest church of that century in Christian Spain.
Castromao
Castromao is a Galician-Roman archaeological site of ancient Coelióbriga, the capital of the Coelernii, one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited Gallaecia during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
The Coelernii were one of the ten civitates, or Galician towns, that made up the Conventus of Bracara Augusta, with its capital in present-day Braga, one of the three legal districts into which the Romans divided Gallaecia.
Castromao is a prehistoric city that was inhabited between 700-600 BC and 200-300 AD.
During the past two weeks, all our students had to research each of the places we visited today. The work was divided into groups. At each visit, the group in charge of that place acted as guides for the rest of the group, explaining the key features of the place or building in both English and Spanish. At the end of the day, the students themselves democratically elected the group whose research had stood out the most.
Congrats to Team Nancy
Thank you to all the members of this wonderful project for your hard work over the past six months. You haven't just worked in class; you've also worked at home, attended scheduled visits outside of school hours and researched the project topics on your own. Congratulations to all of you!
See you in Diyarbakir!
Team Patricia: Aurora Sheila Marta Team Vania: Francisco Miguel Ángel Team Nancy: Rosalía Javier Ché Sara
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April 11, 2026
Our eTwinning project "Roman Footprint across borders" continues to progress. This time, we enjoyed a wonderful day exploring several sites in the province of Ourense where the Romans were present.Some of these sites, like the Roman camp of Aquis Querquennis, located along Via XVIII, also known as Via Nova, were of great importance to the empire. We also had time for our students to get to know each other better and prepare some of the activities we will be doing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, when we visit our project partners at the end of April. Watch this video to see how the day unfolded.
Santa Comba Visigothic Church
The church of Santa Comba de Bande is one of the best Visigothic prerromanic temples and also one of the best preserved in the Iberian Peninsula.
Aquis Querquennis
According to archaeological studies, this Roman camp was erected as a base of operations for the construction of the Via Nova. The chronological proximity between its oldest monetary and ceramic remains, as well as the first inauguration of this historic road in the years 79/80 of the first century AD, support this idea.
In the Aquis Querquennis Interpretation Centre we found a map of the Roman Empire in which the city of Diyarbakir appeared with the name by which the Romans knew it: Amida
Although the archaeological site was almost entirely submerged in the waters of the Conchas reservoir due to the abundant rains of last winter, we were lucky enough to see some of the remains of the Roman camp.
We would like to thank the Aquis Querquennis Interpretation Centre for their warm welcome. Their archaeologists, Martiño and Raul, made it possible for us to visit despite it being closed at this time of year. Raul explained the entire history of the camp to us in great detail. The reception staff were also extremely friendly.
Lunch time!
Monastery of San Salvador Celanova
Many thanks to Sister Gladys for telling us the story of this extraordinary monastery
San Miguel Chapel
San Miguel de Celanova is a small gem of Mozarabic art, built in the 10th century, which demonstrates the influence of Al-Andalus on Christian architecture in northern Spain during that period. Its tiny size makes it the smallest church of that century in Christian Spain.
Castromao
Castromao is a Galician-Roman archaeological site of ancient Coelióbriga, the capital of the Coelernii, one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited Gallaecia during the Iron Age and the Roman period. The Coelernii were one of the ten civitates, or Galician towns, that made up the Conventus of Bracara Augusta, with its capital in present-day Braga, one of the three legal districts into which the Romans divided Gallaecia.
Castromao is a prehistoric city that was inhabited between 700-600 BC and 200-300 AD.
During the past two weeks, all our students had to research each of the places we visited today. The work was divided into groups. At each visit, the group in charge of that place acted as guides for the rest of the group, explaining the key features of the place or building in both English and Spanish. At the end of the day, the students themselves democratically elected the group whose research had stood out the most.
Congrats to Team Nancy
Thank you to all the members of this wonderful project for your hard work over the past six months. You haven't just worked in class; you've also worked at home, attended scheduled visits outside of school hours and researched the project topics on your own. Congratulations to all of you! See you in Diyarbakir!
Team Patricia: Aurora Sheila Marta Team Vania: Francisco Miguel Ángel Team Nancy: Rosalía Javier Ché Sara