The new parador is housed in the santo estevo de rivas de sil monastery, in nogueira de ramuA?A­n ourense. it is located in a region populary know as the birthplace of the 'afiladores y paraguerios' knife sharpeners and umbrella holders and is one of the towns in ourense in which the topography and the confluence of the rivers miA?A±o an sil create spectacular spaces that are worth visiting. the monastery is one of galicia's oldest, founded in the 6th century a.c.e. the original construction is romanesque, though does show gothic tendencies.