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Second the information aportada by Nieves Loved, the crag of the PISADIÑAS is situated the half slope of the hill Lastredo, in the his expensive slope the valley of Laza. The crag, projected in the landscape put his size, is of pizarra irregular, with one went out or visera that conforma an expensive natural coat the west.

It is a petróglifo central, the most important and monumental of a station of Art Rupestre with more crags insculturadas, all situated in this slope south of the hill Lastredo; it has a good panoramic position and dominant envelope the valley of Laza.

The recorded cubren totally the signpost of the top, bent hacia the east, leaving the inferior coat and the free vertical walls of symbols.

It has recorded some 100 coviñas of varied sizes, lines, circles, ferraduras, podomorfos (trod on), symbols fálicos, cruciformes, tridentes and two hands.


The ancient inhabitants of Laza interpreted this crag with duas legends: Here they inhabited the moors, when struggling against them Santiago left recorded the ferraduras of the horse. The second says that by here spent the Virgin with the Boy in the sua escaped it Egypt and left recorded the suas trod on and the instruments of sewing that used the Virgin, such as tesouras, thread, needle and dedal.

The station of Art Rupestre of the Pisadiñas belongs to the called STYLE ESQUEMÁTICO ATLANTIC. The meaning, second the last investigations, would be it of a ritual space with a special symbolic content. In this species of sanctuary protohistórico, pudéronse realize ritual of investiture of xefaturas perante the Age of the Iron, (in Galicia the culture castrexa, in the first millennium it. C.), similar to the employed in the culture céltica. No only it would be a sanctuary for them castros of the bisbarra of Laza, but for them of a good part of the conca fluvial of the River Támega, since these stations worked to local level, were fronteirizas go in the space "Domesticated, habitable" And the space "Wild", prpers situating in one extreme of the area of dispersion of the settlements fortificados.

Therefore we can be in front of it more important station of Art Rupestre of the country of the Támega.


Photos: Nieves Loved Rolán, High project Támega.