The publishing house Serra da Groba Edicións, promoted by the Bretal Foundation, has launched its new online store, a platform that for the first time allows books inspired by the history and memory of the Monastery of Oia to be purchased from anywhere in the world.
Until now, these publications were only available in person at the Monastery, but the new digital platform opens the doors of Galician heritage to readers worldwide. The initiative makes it easier to access historical, cultural and literary content linked to the cenobium, while also promoting its dissemination and preservation.
Discover the four available titles
A perfect opportunity to start your own collection and bring a fragment of the Monastery of Oia into your home. You can purchase directly at: tiendafundacionbretal.com
To mark the launch of this new stage, the first 10 orders will benefit from free shipping. A perfect opportunity to begin your collection and bring a piece of the Monastery of Oia into your home.
- A Figueira Máxica – Dalia González Pulido. A young adult novel in Galician blending history and fantasy. Artai and Briana discover that the Monastery of Oia hides a secret they must uncover. A journey full of magic and adventure.
- In 1939 We Met in Oia – F. Javier Costas Goberna. A rigorous investigation into the period when the Monastery served as a concentration camp during the Spanish Civil War. The author reconstructs events through testimonies of former prisoners and their families, recovered documents, and traces preserved in the monastery walls.
- A Monastery by the Sea – Mayte Prieto. A work exploring more than 875 years of history of the Cistercian cenobium facing the Atlantic. The author combines scholarship and sensitivity to explain why Oia is the only Cistercian monastery on the Atlantic coast.
- Cistercian Route in Galicia – María Berini Pita de Veiga. A guide to travelling through Galicia following the Cistercian order by visiting the fifteen monasteries that still remain.
Serra da Groba publishing: culture born in Galicia
The publishing house Serra da Groba Edicións, created in 2019 by the Bretal Foundation, aims to research, promote and disseminate the historical, artistic and natural heritage of A Serra da Groba, a region shared by the municipalities of Oia, Baiona, Gondomar, Tomiño, O Rosal and A Guarda.
Serra da Groba is more than a publishing house: it is a cultural project that supports researchers and writers, rescues forgotten stories, and promotes the Monastery of Oia as a symbol of Galician identity.
The online store not only enables the purchase of books, but also offers a way to discover, learn and share stories rooted in memory, heritage and Galician identity.
