Agolada municipality, was, along the centuries, meeting place of very different cultures that marked the place with beautiful works along it geography. These works, preserving its whole wealth in the middle of an environment full of tradition and modernity, mixed of a singular way to offer to the visitor the beautiful of these lands and the works, heritage of the ancestors.

From prehistorical times, dated as 3.000-1.800 b.C., are preserved important testimonies belonging to Megalithic Culture. The tomb fields are extended along this land, everything is settled of "mámoas" (celtic tombs), in which appears very valious archeologic rests as the called "Agolada treasury", founded in a "mámoa" in Ferreiroa, nowadays exposed in Pontevedra's Museum. It's formed by two bracelets and one necklace made in gold, and one zig-zag printed crockery founded in Coitemil. A excavation works done at Trabancas founded two maces in polished stone, preserved in perfect state.

Betwen the famous tomb fields in that the visitor can reach to admirate the historic wealth of the zone are "Pereiro da Agra" and "Monte Luxilde", in Artoño, "Monte da Carballeira" in Berredo, "Campo da Mámoa" in Brántega, and places like Eidián, Esperante, Vidueiros, Ferreiroa, Gurgueiro, and a lot of more...

In order to it historical importance is outstanding the "Castros" in this municipality, specially signaled are "Castro Marcelín", placed in Merlín Village, watchtower of one hundres horizons, with its "mámoas", coves, treasuries and its legend of the Queen Marcelina from which obteins the name, 

Inside of it excavation works were made the results were unsuccesfully. Ancient tradition tells that a queen lived there, Marcela or Marcelina, where  leave hidden a "fabolous treasury behind a stone door".

There are a lot of others "castros" in the municipality (these without legend...), like the "castro" of "Coto de Mouros" at Trabancas, "Castro de Vilela" at Borraxeiros, "Castro da Vila" at Artoño, "Castro de Brocos" at Brocos, etc...

Relative to Bronze Age, are founded archeological rests in Farelo Mountain at Trabancas, between are outstanding an axe with two bronze rings.

During Middle Age, the history of Agolada, goes inside to the history of Deza County that belonged to it. According to the "Escrituras Lucenses" (historical chronic of Galicia), the seventh county, called "decense", begin in the "Summio" Mountain (today known like Farelo Mountain) to Arnego river following to "Arnois" (today "La Estrada"). In these years, and in the artistic field claim for our attention the proliferation of romanic churches being outstanding the churches of Ferreiroa, Órrea, Ventosa y Borraxeiros.

To the end of XIV Century, these lands were dominated by the Deza Lords, called too Deza "Churruchaos". The war beetween "Churruchaos" and Santiago Archbishop took place in these lands. Severall years before Agolada appears dominated by the Count of Lemos, Pedro Enríquez de Castro.

In the next century, the "Moscoso" appears as the lords of lands and properties in several jurisdiccional zones and were commendators of Baiña Monastry, which was demolished by "Irmandiños" during their revolution. Borraxeiros fortress, belonging to the Altamira House, was demolished too during the same revolution in year 1.647. A lot of elements of the old Borraxeiros fortress were used for the construction, in the XVII Century, of the "Pazo de los Salgado" as well known nowadays like "Pazo de Borraxeiros" one of the most beautiful works of civil architecture preserved today in Galicia and worthy to visit it.

In the year 1.700 Borraxeiros land, and jurisdictional zones of Ventosa and Carmoega (in those years the center of the municipality known like Curmoga), belonged to the Sant Yago province, one of the seven ones that compunded the ancient Kingdom of Galicia.

In that century Agolada began to grow around the "feira" (which is celebrated today every 12th. day of every month), which is transfered from Chaos de Aián, to the Farelo Mountain slope, to be celebrated in  Agolada place. The "feira" was sitted in the old marketplace, a true historic-artistic monument, with rude constructions that give a prehistorical look, and are a singular exemple of this kind of rural architecture.

Of this century are the churches of Vilariño (barroc style), Santa Comba (neoclasic style), Brántega y Sta María de Val de Sangorza (rural-barroc style).

The "carlista" movement had a lot of support in this land and there were bloody batlles. Oral tradition remenber several episodes in that are outstanding the combat that took place in December 1.835 in the Eidián Village when "carlistas" troops were surprised sleeping in the "Casa do Cego".

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