People
The faces behind the place — makers, keepers, newcomers, lifers.
Ouro de Quiroga and the Olive Oil Galicia Almost Lost
Julio and Suso of Ouro de Quiroga on the native olive varieties they're recovering and the wine they make outside the Ribeira Sacra DO.
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7 MIN
The Bees Taught Her to Read the Land: Melsacra
Christina and her brother Carlos returned to the Ribeira Sacra to reconnect with their roots and the beekeeping their grandfathers left them.
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7 MIN
The Forest Just Grows Here: Emmely and Ecofinca Tanquián
One of Galicia’s oldest permaculture projects, in Pantón: thirty-five years of working with the land, building community, and staying put.
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7 MIN
Doa, the Muralist Who Returns the Gaze to Plants
Muralist Doa Ocampo on Reforestando, botanical activism and why Ribeira Sacra should be cared for its residents, not only its visitors.
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7 MIN
A Bet on the Rural: Isabel Costas and Tres Fuciños
Isabel Costas raises porco celta free on the monte in Carballedo. A talk on rural work, roots, and why Ribeira Sacra is not a postcard.
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7 MIN
Searas: Continuity Has a Sound
Searas, a Chantada music group, on growing up in the Ribeira Sacra that existed before the label, and on the heritage tourism hasn’t saved.
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7 MIN
A Safe Haven on the Miño: Inside O Castro Art Village
Tatiana Alonso and Davoud Gerami are turning an abandoned village above the Miño into a working creative residency in Ribeira Sacra.