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Ruin Attractions In Galicia

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Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,718,525 in 2016 and has a total area of 29,574 km2 . Galicia has over 1,660 km of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada, and—the largest and most populated—A Illa...
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Ruin Attractions In Galicia

  • 2. Castro de Trona Ponteareas
    This is a list of castros in Galicia , ordered by provinces.
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  • 3. Castro de Viladonga Lugo
    Castro culture is the archaeological term for the material culture of the north-western regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed by Roman culture . It is the culture associated with the Celtiberians, closely associated to the western Hallstatt horizon of Central Europe. The most notable characteristics of this culture are: its walled oppida and hill forts, known locally as castros, from Latin castrum castle, and the scarcity of visible burial practices, in spite of the frequent depositions of prestige items and goods, swords and other metallic riches in rocky outcrops, rivers and other aquatic contexts since the Atlantic Bronze Age. This cultural area extended east to the Cares river and south into the lower Douro river valley. The area of Ave V...
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  • 9. Castro de Barona Barona
    The Castro de Baroña is a fort located in the parish of Baroña, a municipality of Porto do Son in the province of A Coruña . The settlement, surrounded by two walls and containing twenty roundhouses that still remain today, was built on a peninsula and inhabited from the 1st Century BC to the 1st Century AD. A moat four metres wide by three metres deep, forming the first line of defence, was dug into the isthmus that connects the town to the fort. Beyond this, there is a rampart consisting of two almost parallel stone walls filled with sand and stone. It is thought that this rampart originally connected to the town walls, creating an area most likely without housing. The main wall is well preserved and has two sides, the one on the right is made up of three gradually rising stone walls,...
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  • 10. Castro de Santa Trega A Guarda
    Castro de Santa Trega is a Galician fort and archaeological site located on the hillsides of Mount Santa Trega. At 341 meters above sea level, the fort can be found in the southwestern Galician municipality of A Guarda . The site is strategically located overlooking the mouth of the river Miño. Belonging to the Castro culture, it is the most emblematic and visited Galician fort. In 1931, it was declared a National Historical and Artistic Monument and was also considered a Place of Cultural Interest . Shortly after the beginning of the romanization of Galicia in 100 BC, the site began its occupation which lasted until 100 AD.
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  • 13. Castro de Elvina La Coruna
    Castro culture is the archaeological term for the material culture of the north-western regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed by Roman culture . It is the culture associated with the Celtiberians, closely associated to the western Hallstatt horizon of Central Europe. The most notable characteristics of this culture are: its walled oppida and hill forts, known locally as castros, from Latin castrum castle, and the scarcity of visible burial practices, in spite of the frequent depositions of prestige items and goods, swords and other metallic riches in rocky outcrops, rivers and other aquatic contexts since the Atlantic Bronze Age. This cultural area extended east to the Cares river and south into the lower Douro river valley. The area of Ave V...
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  • 15. Castro de San Ciprian de Las San Amaro
    This is a list of castros in Galicia , ordered by provinces.
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