{"id":804,"date":"2026-10-28T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/mos\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:59:33","slug":"mos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/mos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Mos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The municipality takes its name from its pazo, and by the mid-13th century it is already documented as <em>Molis<\/em>. The constitutional town council was born in 1833, and in 1935 its town hall moved to Petelos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in Mos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pazo de Mos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 16th century and restored, beside the church of Santa Eulalia and the pilgrim albergue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milestone of Santiagui\u00f1o<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roman milestone of Via XIX, on the descent from the chapel of Santiagui\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Castro de Torroso<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortified settlement from the 7th century BC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Churches of Louredo and Guiz\u00e1n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Romanesque churches in the municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population and location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mos has 15,233 inhabitants (INE, 2025) and belongs to the Vigo comarca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Festivals and food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fiesta del Codillo, a festival of gastronomic interest, is held next to the Pazo de los Marqueses de Mos. The municipality also celebrates the Fiesta de la Rosa, the San Mamed festivities and the Celtic-themed O Son do Pazo festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Portuguese Camino in Mos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Camino enters through Ameiro Longo and Veigada\u00f1a, passes through A R\u00faa, next to the pazo and the public albergue, and climbs to Santiagui\u00f1o, the highest point of the <a href=\"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/central-route\/stages\/o-porrino-redondela\/\">O Porri\u00f1o \u2013 Redondela<\/a> stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many albergues are there in Mos?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide lists 1 place to stay for pilgrims in Mos, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in Mos?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pazo of Mos and the church of Santa Eulalia in A R\u00faa, the Roman milestone at Santiagui\u00f1o and, further from the Camino, the Torroso castro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How hard is the climb to Santiagui\u00f1o?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 147 m of elevation gain over a little more than 3 km from A R\u00faa: the only serious climb between O Porri\u00f1o and Redondela.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Mos The municipality takes its name from its pazo, and by the mid-13th century it is already documented as Molis. The constitutional town council was born in 1833, and in 1935 its town hall moved to Petelos. What to see in Mos Pazo de Mos From the 16th century and restored, beside the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37,"parent":793,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-804","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}