Church of Santa María a Real de Entrimo, Baroque church in Entrimo, Spain

The Church of Santa María a Real de Entrimo has a Latin-cross plan measuring 45 by 20 metres, with three naves divided by eight pilasters and a choir above the main entrance. Its granite façade, carved like an altarpiece in four sections, shows the Virgin of the Assumption and the Holy Trinity, and is crowned by three angels playing stringed instruments. The 25-metre tower, dated 1727, has a stone balcony and a hemispherical dome.

The stonework was finished around 1739 under abbot Agustín Leboso, erected by the King with the collaboration of the people, as the royal coat of arms above the main façade testifies. That shield still bears the Habsburg eagle although the Bourbons already reigned, which suggests a later reconstruction. The church always held the title of abbey, still kept in the archive and the parish seal.

The parish keeps the title of abbey, still recorded in its archive and on the parish seal. The granite atrium around the church ends in a Via Crucis whose carved crosses have been damaged by vandals. The Galician poet Manuel Amor Meilán wrote of the church as a place once favoured by cardinals, bishops and writers.

The church stands in the village of Entrimo, in the province of Ourense near the Portuguese border. A stone stairway begins in the atrium and climbs to the bell tower, from where the village and its surroundings can be seen. The atrium is enclosed by a stone Via Crucis, some of whose carved crosses have been broken by vandals.

The royal coat of arms above the main façade shows the double-headed eagle of the Habsburgs, although the Bourbons already reigned when the works were finished in 1739, which suggests a later reconstruction. The tower, dated 1727, is 25 m high and has a stone balustrade with pinnacles.