Church of Santa María de Tina

The first documentary references to the place date back to the 16th century, alluding to its belonging to an 11th century abbey in Cervera de Pisuerga; although nowadays there are only ruins among the trees, the place is undoubtedly very charming.

The present ruins are of a 13th century Cistercian-style temple. The entrance door opens into a wall opposite the chancel and is also pointed. Attached to this wall, on the outside to the right, is what appears to be an oven. Within the perimeter of the nave, a stone sepulchre can be seen whose tombstone appears to have been thrown outside.

A Romanesque image of the Virgin of Tina, which remained in the church when it was already in ruins and was sheltered during the Civil War in the outbuildings of the San Emeterio lighthouse, is preserved in the parish church of San Roque (Pimiango). It is a 12th century wooden carving of the Virgin enthroned with Child on her lap.

Santa María de Tina can be reached by a pedestrian path that starts near the chapel of San Emeterio, near the Pindal Caves.