Valle Inclán Routes
Urban Valle-Inclán Itinerary
This tour enables you to follow the life and work of the creator of the Grotesque by means of different spots in Vilanova. The itinerary will take you around different chapels and churches, as well as the town’s two House-Museums. The main points through which it runs are the Chapel of La Encarnación; the Camba Brothers House-Museum; Calógo Tower; the Church of San Cibrán de Cálago; the Chapel of San Mauro; the Casa del Cantillo; the Church of A Pastoriza, and the Valle-Inclán House-Museum.
Itinerary
Located in the old neighbourhood of Vilamaior, this chapel is one of the oldest in the municipal district. When writing his works, Ramón María del Valle Inclán recreated himself in his hometown and, possibly, made some allusion to this chapel or to the name of the neighbourhood.
This coastal building with exterior access to the upper floor, once used as a home, was the residence of the brothers Julio and Francisco Camba. Now converted into a House-Museum, it takes visitors on a tour of the prolific and outstanding careers of both writers, with special emphasis on the case of Julio Camba, considered the first foreign press correspondent in Spain.
It is all that remains of the Benedictine Monastery of San Cipriano de Cálago (8th century), located on top of Castro de Cálago. In his novel Flor de Santidad, Valle-Inclán uses two variations of the monastery’s name (Cibrán and Cidrán); in the case of El embrujado, a character calls himself Remigio de Cálago in one of the stage notes.
- The importance of this parish in Valle-Inclán’s work is due to the use of the most popular variations of the name in works such as El embrujado. In one of its stage notes, a character indicates that “he is called Remigio de Cálago.” In addition, the writer used the variations “Cidrán” and “Cibrán” in his novel Flor de Santidad.
On one side of the Church of San Cibrán there are the ruins of this chapel, in Romanesque style. It stands out since it houses stone remains of the old church of the Benedictine Monastery of San Cipriano de Cálago. Valle-Inclán refers to this old chapel in Flor de Santidad with respect to the San Mauro pilgrimage.
Known as the House of the Three Balconies, it was Valle-Inclán’s family home and the home where his father, Ramón del Valle Bermúdez, lived with his second wife, Dolores Peña, the writer’s mother. The property is currently in disuse.
Located in a unique architectural setting, it was built with stone from the old Benedictine Monastery of San Cipriano de Cálago. This neoclassical church hosted the christening of Valle-Inclán, days after his birth, on October 31, 1866. In addition, the surroundings of the “casco vello” (old town) feature streets with evocative names related to the life and works of Valle-Inclán.
The end point of the tour is the Casa do Cuadrante, declared a National Historic-Artistic Site. Identified as the birthplace of Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, it features a complete journey through the life and work of the writer.
