Poio - San Xoán de Poio

Tradition holds that the monastery was founded by Fructuoso of Braga and his disciples in the 7th century, and three centuries later, in the reign of Bermudo III of León it was rebuilt in another place, but close to the first base. The oldest document is from 942.

In 1581, work on the current church and the cloister began, taking place between 1600 and 1612.

In 1613 the College of Interns of San Juan de Poio began to operate and would not abandon its task until the secularization decree of 1834. After its abandonment by the Benedictines with the seizure in 1890 it was occupied by the Mercedarians, who still continue in the present.