Souto de Torres

Souto de Torres is a small locality in the municipality of Castroverde, in the province of Lugo, Galicia, on the Camino Primitivo route. The name combines souto, the Galician word for a grove of oak, chestnut, or similar trees, with de Torres, meaning of the towers, suggesting a noble estate with towers set within or beside a grove of trees.

The setting is the enclosed green valley terrain of the Lugo interior, with the souto grove character typical of the Galician landscape where managed oak and chestnut groves still provide timber and mast. The towers element suggests a former noble farmhouse or fortified residence in the area.