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PONTE DO PORTO
Ponte do Porto is one of the strategic hubs of the Terras de Soneira region. Its origins are possibly related to a per loca maritima Roman road, a...
4.04 km from this iBeaken
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GRANDE RIVER: A SOURCE OF WEALTH
The parish and the urban centre of Ponte do Porto run along the banks of the Grande river. The river mouth flows into the Camariñas ria, creating a...
4.07 km from this iBeaken
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PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF THE PAST
This museum, emerging from the neighbours’ initiative, was opened to the public on April 1, 1997. Its primary goal is to showcase the local...
4.08 km from this iBeaken
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THE GERM OF VILÁN LIGHTHOUSE
You are at the Cape Vilán’s old lighthouse (1854).
Following two fatal wrecks at Boi Point, one of them the Serpent’s (1890),...
4.18 km from this iBeaken
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LIGHT OF THE SEA
The sinking of the English battleship HMS Serpent (1890) in Boi Point gave an impulse to the construction of the current lighthouse and its...
4.19 km from this iBeaken
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Natural Heritage
When walking along the Camariñas coast, you will notice that Nature has been particularly generous with our municipality.
Camariñas’ natural...
4.3 km from this iBeaken
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GRANDE RIVER: A SOURCE OF WEALTH
The parish and the urban centre of Ponte do Porto run along the banks of the Grande river. The river mouth flows into the Camariñas ria, creating a...
4.32 km from this iBeaken
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THE ORIGIN OF OUR PLACE NAME
The municipality of Camariñas is named after a native shrub, the caramiña (Corema album). It was also called the “hunger herb” because...
4.36 km from this iBeaken
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THE TRAGEDY OF THE SERPENT
One of the most deadly places in the Costa da Morte is the area between Boi Point and Cagada Point, that has witnessed eight shipwrecks with 245...
4.85 km from this iBeaken