Marcadoiro

Marcadoiro is a small locality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, on the Camino Frances on the descent toward Portomarin. The name derives from marcado, market or marked place, indicating that a regular trading or market event once took place here on the pilgrimage route.

Market toponyms on the Camino routes record the commercial infrastructure that supported the medieval pilgrimage, with trading posts and markets providing goods for pilgrims and local communities at regular intervals along the route.

The hamlet has a compact stone character in the green enclosed terrain of the Lugo valley above the Miño reservoir.