As Seixas

As Seixas is a small locality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, on the Camino route in the central Lugo interior. The name derives from seixa, the Galician word for schist or quartzite rock, indicating terrain with outcrops of this type of layered stone, common in the Galician interior where the underlying geology alternates between granite and schist formations.

The schist toponym directly reflects the geology of the local terrain. The surrounding landscape is the enclosed green valley country of the Lugo interior, with the rocky outcrops of schist and quartzite giving the local soil a particular character.