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2 unusual facts about Verin


Royalist attack on Chaves

They had left the town of Verín, 12 kilometers from the northern border with Spain, and had marched towards the border.

Sebastien Michaelis

One nun, Louise Capeau, claimed to speak with the voice of a demon named Verin (or Verrine) and on 27 December 1610 announced the coming of the Apocalypse.


Aşağı Əskipara

Nearby Voskepar is located in Armenia proper and Yuxarı Əskipara (Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար, Verin Voskepar) is in what is officially an exclave of Azerbaijan within Armenia, but which territory is controlled by Armenia.

Autovía A-75

It is 12.7 km (7.9 miles) long and runs, parallel to the N-532 road, from the Autovía A-52 near the small city of Verín to the Portuguese border at the village of Feces de Abaixo, where it connects with the A24 autoestrada to Chaves.

Gerald the Fearless

Ferdinand succeeded in gaining the valley of the upper Limia and the regions of Toroño (around Tuy), Capraria (around Verín), and Lobarzana (around Chaves) from Afonso in exchange for his release.

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

Lying deep in the scenic Dourbie gorge, the commune absorbed the formerly separate commune of St Verin in 1940, and it also incorporates the village of Pierrefiche du Larzac, which lies much higher on the Causse du Larzac (Larzac Plateau), at about 670 metres above sea level.

Royalist attack on Chaves

The companies that still remained formed nine groups, some staying near Xinzo de Limia and Ourense, but the bulk of the column concentrated nearer the border in Verín.


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