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	<title>Vigo Estuary &#8211; Nautic Destination</title>
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		<title>Vigo. Pazo Quiñones de León</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Officially known as Museo da Cidade Quiñones de León, it takes its name from the Marquis of Alcedo himself, D. Fernando Quiñones de León. He was the one who donated his space in 1924 to the city of Vigo, with the condition that it be converted into a museum. It contains one of the best [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Officially known as Museo da Cidade Quiñones de León, it takes its name from the Marquis of Alcedo himself, D. Fernando Quiñones de León. He was the one who donated his space in 1924 to the city of Vigo, with the condition that it be converted into a museum. It contains one of the best permanent collections of Galician painting, also housing a representative archaeology section. Located in the Pazo de Castrelos, it is an institution dependent on the Concello de Vigo, currently integrated into the city&#8217;s Culture, Festivals, and Museums circuit. The museum was inaugurated in 1937 and its origin lies in the old Pazo de Lavandeira, a medieval military architecture built in 1670 and surrounded by gardens with clear English and French influences. The building is flanked by two towers, currently renovated and expanded with an addition at its rear. It features a perpendicular distributor that houses the chapel and the service pavilion. On the ground floor, we can find the remains of the former residence of the marquises, with ornamentation, furniture, and decoration from the period.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Ría de Vigo. Scuba Diving. South Island Cíes</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cíes Islands are three; two of them connected by a dike and a sandbar, although not always. Four or five times a year, the sea divides the two central islands and the third: San Martiño, which remains completely unknown to everyone. Most visitors have strolled at some point along the sands of Rodas beach, [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Cíes Islands are three; two of them connected by a dike and a sandbar, although not always. Four or five times a year, the sea divides the two central islands and the third: San Martiño, which remains completely unknown to everyone. Most visitors have strolled at some point along the sands of Rodas beach, but very few have been able to land on the South Island and even fewer have walked inside it; since to land, it is necessary to have a yacht and a boat to reach its beach, due to the lack of docks, except for one service dock of the Port Authority and the Illas Atlánticas National Park, which leads to Cabo Bicos. Inside the island there are no paths or hardly any tracks, except for the access to the lighthouse and a short trail on the beach that runs towards the remains of a mill. Both slopes, one facing the ria and the other the Atlantic, have steep hillsides, dense vegetation, gorse, and trees. The island is a refuge for seagulls and cormorants, forbidden to humans, except for its 500-meter beach. There you find everything San Martiño offers to the few visitors: a sandy beach, two houses, one of them inhabited, and the remains of a mill and a salting factory that was exploited during the 20th century. Regarding the zoology of San Martiño, it should be noted that it was threatened by the continuous presence of American mink that swam from Baiona, where there was a fur farm from which some specimens escaped. Under the waters of the Cíes Islands, the situation changes. Different habitats full of life have been created. The various types of substrates that make up the seabeds of these islands are bathed by waters influenced by the warm surface Gulf Stream, softening their temperature. Also by the winds blowing from the north during spring and summer. These latter displace surface waters, allowing the rise of cold deep waters rich in nutrients &#8211; upwelling -. Added to this is the river input from the rías that conditions salinity, sediments, and organic matter. Thus, rocky bottoms with forests of brown algae occur, as happens in the San Martiño Wall, a calmer area with only 10 meters depth. Here we find a large group of kelp: algae that can reach more than 2 meters, firmly anchored to the bottom, waving gently with the current. Long and thick blades that intertwine like a dense forest, closing the passage between them. However, the underwater bottoms of the Cíes not only harbor fauna and flora but also historical remains of battles that took place on these coasts since their formation. This is the case of the Nazi submarine found off the coast of the South Island of San Martiño. A German WWII submersible. And although Vigo was not an official base for Nazi submarines, it was a refuge for their military, spies, and crews who, for example, used the German School, located on the current Pi y Margall street, as a place of rest and transit. On the other hand, it is confirmed that several Nazi submarines sank between Cíes and La Guardia during the conflict.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Toralla Castro</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Toralla castro is located on a small island in the Vigo estuary. It had a wall 3 meters thick and 1 meter high. Since the 1980s, numerous interventions have been carried out, which have brought to light an important batch of Punic materials, including some fragments of red slip pottery. Possibly, the Toralla castro [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Toralla castro is located on a small island in the Vigo estuary. It had a wall 3 meters thick and 1 meter high. Since the 1980s, numerous interventions have been carried out, which have brought to light an important batch of Punic materials, including some fragments of red slip pottery. Possibly, the Toralla castro acted as a redistribution emporium of Mediterranean materials until the 2nd century BC, just like the Muíño do Vento castro, also in Vigo. This castro was probably abandoned during the 2nd century BC. Of particular relevance is the granite betyl one and a half meters long, which is preserved in the Quiñones de León museum in Vigo. Betyls (obelisks) appear in Phoenician-Punic religious contexts throughout the Mediterranean, from Byblos to Gadir, which suggests that there was a Phoenician worship space here, as well as in Punta do Muiño do Vento, in Alcabre. This temple, similar to those found in Andalusia and Levante, would have been port sanctuaries usually chosen by Mediterranean merchants to carry out their transactions.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Route of the Pinzón</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The discovery of America was a historic milestone of great significance. Initially, the discoverers, thinking that all lands had already been discovered, wanted to create an alternative trade route with the spice route. What a surprise, when in reality what they found was a new continent. On March 1, 1493, the Caravel Pinta, captained by [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The discovery of America was a historic milestone of great significance. Initially, the discoverers, thinking that all lands had already been discovered, wanted to create an alternative trade route with the spice route. What a surprise, when in reality what they found was a new continent. On March 1, 1493, the Caravel Pinta, captained by Martín Alonso Pinzón, docked in these waters of Baiona, which was the first port in all of Europe to receive the news of the Discovery of America.

The Royal Town is full of elements to commemorate this arrival, and with them there is a Pinzonian Route that covers all these monuments and lasts approximately 45 minutes.

Starting at Pedro de Castro Square opposite the Mendoza palace, there is a monolith of the Arrival. It is a twenty-ton rock that has a caravel sculpted on its front by the Baionese Ángel Fernández. This monolith was erected by order of the Hispanic Culture Institute in 1965 to commemorate the arrival of the Caravel Pinta. Crossing the road towards the seafront promenade, straight ahead you can see the port of Baiona; to the right is the dock where the Maritime Station and the fish market are located. There are many pontoons where the sailboats of the Real Club de Yates Monterreal are moored, and in the distance, you can see the large breakwater, the Doca, which protects the port of Baiona. On one of the pontoons is the replica of the Caravel Pinta, built in 1993 on the occasion of the celebration of the 5th Centenary of the Arrival of the Caravel Pinta to Baiona. It houses a small museum inside, where you can see figures representing the crew and the American natives, as well as reproductions of metals, plants, foods, and exotic animals found in the New World.

Continuing along the seafront promenade towards Ribeira beach, above it, there is a wall that belonged to the old fish market. It features several arches and contains several elements such as the Arrival Tile, placed between two of the arches; this mural reflects the routes taken by Pinzón and Columbus, with the caravels &#8220;Pinta&#8221; and &#8220;Niña,&#8221; respectively, on their return from the discovery of the New World. The work was inaugurated in 1963.

Behind this wall is a unique construction, the Pozo de la Aguada, which, according to tradition, served to supply water to the Caravel Pinta before departing from Baiona to Palos on March 11, 1493. The crew manually filled the barrels that served for consumption during the voyage; it is believed they carried nine barrels of water and nine of wine. It is a stone construction in a square shape, notable for its superb design, typical of such constructions at that time.

Opposite is the Parque de la Palma, the largest park in the municipality, located at the beginning of the Monte Boi Peninsula. Its location is unique as it closes both shores by Cuncheira beach and Ribeira beach. Closing the park is the majestic Fortaleza de Monterreal, and in the foreground, you can see the bastion where the well-known monument &#8220;Encounter between Two Worlds&#8221; stands, erected very close to the place where the first Native American who died in the Old Continent was buried. It was inaugurated on March 1, 1993, by H.R.H. Don Felipe de Borbón, to commemorate the 5th Centenary of the Arrival of the Caravel Pinta to Baiona. It is the work of sculptor Magín Picallo.

Finally, descending on the other side of the bastion slope, on the Cuncheira beach side, observing the wonderful view from this side. At the top is Mount Sansón crowned by the Virgin of the Rock. Looking down, there is a view of the Breakwater, a place where the waves crash during strong storms. This side of the peninsula faces the open sea and is noticeable at Cuncheira beach with its sand made of crushed shells. Here was the old spa built at the end of the 19th century, taking advantage of the supply of iodine-rich seaweed.

The route continues around this beach and reaches the Pinzón Promenade. First, there is the compass rose, placed in 1998 in honor of two Galicians, Diego Carmona and Vasco Gallego, who circumnavigated the world on the ship &#8220;Juan Sebastián Elcano.&#8221; The route culminates at the statue of Pinzón, which is a gift from the sister town of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). The work is a sculpture representing the great captain of the Caravel Pinta, architect of the Discovery, and was inaugurated in 1977. It is the work of sculptor A. León Ortega.

From here, you can see the Estelas islands, the battlemented wall of the fortress, and in the distance, the Cíes islands and the vastness of the sea.&#8221;]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Cangas. Historic Center, Fishermen&#8217;s Quarter. Collegiate Church</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The town of Cangas &#8211; and particularly its monumental area &#8211; stands out for housing an interesting artistic heritage; increasingly recognized and valued. In this old fishing village, clear traces of maritime constructions and architecture are evident. Thanks to the skilled hand of the stonemason and the good work of its men and women &#8211; [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The town of Cangas &#8211; and particularly its monumental area &#8211; stands out for housing an interesting artistic heritage; increasingly recognized and valued. In this old fishing village, clear traces of maritime constructions and architecture are evident. Thanks to the skilled hand of the stonemason and the good work of its men and women &#8211; over the centuries &#8211; its roots have intertwined with the present medieval tradition that left its legacy in Galicia.

The tour of the historic center begins at the Town Hall, an avant-garde work bearing the signature of an acclaimed architect: Alberto Noguerol. From here towards the Xardíns do Sinal, we reach the Hospital Chapel, an emblematic monument commissioned by Prior D. Gonzalo de Nogueira y Araújo in 1711. Calle Real, an emblem of heraldry and noble architecture, ends at the equestrian statue of Santiago Apóstol. Thus, we reach the greatest treasure of the Pontevedra town, the former Collegiate Church of Santiago, in Baroque style. There is preserved a venerated Christ &#8211; &#8220;miraculous&#8221; &#8211; of which it is said that &#8220;it did not want to burn&#8221;]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Baiona. A Ramallosa Marshes</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The mouth of the Miñor River forms a marsh declared a Special Conservation Area (ZEC) due to its high ecological value, included in the Natura 2000 Network, ZEC A Ramallosa. This estuary extends from the A Xunqueira area in Nigrán, expanding into the parish of A Ramallosa, called A Foz do Miñor, until its entrance [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The mouth of the Miñor River forms a marsh declared a Special Conservation Area (ZEC) due to its high ecological value, included in the Natura 2000 Network, ZEC A Ramallosa. This estuary extends from the A Xunqueira area in Nigrán, expanding into the parish of A Ramallosa, called A Foz do Miñor, until its entrance into the Bay of Baiona. The Miñor River and other watercourses such as Belesar and A Groba flow into it. The complex ecosystem forms a sand tongue where Playa Ladeira is located along with a campsite built on top of the old dune system. The protected area covers a surface of 92 ha, serving as a boundary between the municipalities of Baiona and Nigrán. However, the area of this combination of ecosystems extends about 200 ha among dunes, marsh, reed beds, lagoon, river, and riparian forest. The marsh is used for fishing at various points along the river or for recreational purposes practicing water sports. It features a pedestrian walkway surrounding the perimeter of this wetland that comes from Baiona, crosses the bridge where the tram used to pass, and continues through Ramallosa. Opposite this walkway, the construction of the ancient 12th-century Romanesque bridge of A Ramallosa can be seen. The walk has ornithological stations where visitors can observe the diversity of birds in the estuary, both migratory and nesting birds: grey herons (Ardea cinérea), little egrets (Egretta garzetta), curlews (Numenius sp.), anatids, and a variety of gull species and other seabirds such as the cormorant (Phalacrocorax sp.). Birds of prey such as the marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) and the common buzzard (Buteo buteo) can also be seen. In the marsh, there is a multitude of flora linked to wet environments such as grasslands dominated by maritime spartina (Spartina marítima) typical of the intertidal zone and various species of rushes (Juncus sp.). Zostera (Zostera marítima) communities are also of high interest. The wetland is rich in fauna with mollusks such as cockles (Cerastoderma edule), carpet shells (Ruditapes decussatus), and peppery furrow shells (Scrobicularia plana) living in sandy bottoms. Reptiles such as Seoane&#8217;s viper (Vipera seoanei), common lizard (Podarcis hispánica), and the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) are found. In freshwater areas, amphibians like the Iberian frog (Rana iberica), the Lusitanian salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica), and mammals such as the otter (Lutra lutra) stand out. The Coastal Way of the Camino de Santiago passes nearby, and it is possible to take a walk from the center of Baiona to Panxón beach, thus covering much of the beaches of the Miñor Valley.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Ría de Vigo</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A ría is a geomorphological feature produced by the penetration of the sea into the mouth of a river. Thus, a ría could be defined as the shape taken by the mouth of a river in cases where a coastal valley appears submerged in the sea as a consequence of a rise in its level. [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[A ría is a geomorphological feature produced by the penetration of the sea into the mouth of a river. Thus, a ría could be defined as the shape taken by the mouth of a river in cases where a coastal valley appears submerged in the sea as a consequence of a rise in its level. Vigo is the most populous city in Galicia and at its feet lies the ría that bears its name. The Ría de Vigo is located in the Rías Baixas and is the longest and southernmost one, measuring approximately 33 kilometers in length and 15 kilometers in width. It is situated in the province of Pontevedra and besides Vigo, other towns such as Cangas do Morrazo, Moaña, Redondela, and Arcade are located on its shores. The town of Baiona is also located on it in a small inlet of the ría. This ría has two entrances: to the north where Cabo Home is located and to the south where Cabo Silleiro is found. From west to east, three sections within the ría can be distinguished: from Punta Balea to Punta do Muiño, which is the section most open to the ocean but protected by the Cíes Islands; the middle section corresponds from the previous point to the Rande strait where the distance between the banks of the ría narrows to 700 meters; and the last section of the ría composed of the San Simón bay.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Cangas. Legend of María Soliño. Playa de Rodeira and Saracen Invasion</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to historical documents, Turkish and Saracen pirates arrived by surprise at the maritime station of the Pontevedra town of Cangas do Morrazo one day in 1617; minutes before eight in the evening. With few forces and poorly armed, with rudimentary barricades and farming tools, the resistance was useless and the first casualties soon began [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to historical documents, Turkish and Saracen pirates arrived by surprise at the maritime station of the Pontevedra town of Cangas do Morrazo one day in 1617; minutes before eight in the evening. With few forces and poorly armed, with rudimentary barricades and farming tools, the resistance was useless and the first casualties soon began to fill the streets at the pace of the advancing invader. A crowd difficult to quantify and estimated by promoters at &#8220;several thousand people&#8221; became witnesses to the dramatic consequences. In the Eirado do Costal, the embers of the disaster were visible, with the town searching among the rubble for their loved ones. Among them Pedro Barba, husband of María Soliño, who was killed in the conflict leaving a widow and a drama as an inheritance of his assets. The hierarchies watched the tragedy from a shiny balcony on Cervantes street, while the common people sought space in the front rows or among the heads of their neighbors to be witnesses. &#8220;I think they are looking for the dead, but there is no way&#8230;&#8221;, a mother comforted her daughter who was losing the scene among the crowd. After the barbaric attack, without homes and with their fishing gear and boats destroyed, the town was left utterly desolate. Cangas sank into a more than notable economic crisis that even prevented the vassals from paying the rents that the nobles demanded for the use of their lands. Thus, the nobles of the time, unwilling to lose the economic power they had held for decades, began a campaign with the support of the Holy Inquisition &#8211; of which many of them were part &#8211; to accuse women of the time who enjoyed a good economic position of witchcraft, mixing among them other women declared solemnly poor.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The old town of A Guarda is a reflection of the maritime past and present, characterized by its traditional houses and narrow streets. On a simple walk, you can observe the tasks, boats, and gear of the sailors and the sale of fish and seafood at the fish market. It is arranged around the fishing [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The old town of A Guarda is a reflection of the maritime past and present, characterized by its traditional houses and narrow streets. On a simple walk, you can observe the tasks, boats, and gear of the sailors and the sale of fish and seafood at the fish market. It is arranged around the fishing port and features buildings such as the Convent of San Benito or the Benedictines from 1558, linked from its beginnings to the nobility and transformed into a hotel in the 20th century. Sections of the medieval wall are preserved on Muro and Ireia streets. In the clock square is the Town Hall building and the old Clock Tower, a medieval bastion that protected the access to the town, and a few meters away is the church of Santa María. On the descent to the port via Concepción Arenal street is the Plaza de Abastos, a unique, bright, and spacious building designed by the architect from A Guarda, Constantino Candeira. Here, every morning except Sunday, fresh products of guaranteed quality can be obtained, being one of the main driving elements of the town&#8217;s commercial activity. The visit can be combined by reaching the Museo del Mar located at the end of the promenade. Around the area, examples of Indian houses from the second half of the 19th and 20th centuries can be seen. These constructions were made by returned emigrants who, after prospering and becoming wealthy in areas such as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil, returned and became local leaders.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Cangas. Old Whaling Factory: Massó Factory</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was in the year 1816 when Salvador Massó Palau arrived on our coasts from Gerona &#8211; like many other Catalan promoters &#8211; to try his luck with his salting industry. He exchanged the Mediterranean for the Atlantic of our estuaries to establish two factories in the Pontevedra towns of Bueu and Cangas de Morrazo. [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was in the year 1816 when Salvador Massó Palau arrived on our coasts from Gerona &#8211; like many other Catalan promoters &#8211; to try his luck with his salting industry. He exchanged the Mediterranean for the Atlantic of our estuaries to establish two factories in the Pontevedra towns of Bueu and Cangas de Morrazo. Massó represents a significant example of the importance that fishing, salting, and canning had in the industrial development of Galicia, forming a southern axis on the Morrazo peninsula. Today, his Canning Factory and the Massó Whaling Factory are preserved as Assets of Cultural Interest, both industrial-type buildings dating from between 1816 and 1990.

On the other hand, the whaling tradition in Galicia, which peaked in the 17th century, was resumed after World War II. Thus, in 1955, the company Massó Hermanos, together with the firms IBSA and Hijos de J. Barreras, founded Factoría de Balea C.B., with its plant in Punta Balea &#8211; Cangas de Morrazo &#8211; very close to the Massó factory. This cove was the chosen place to load cetaceans from catches made offshore. Through rails carved into the very rock of the Cova Balea cove, they pulled cables to which the marine mammals were attached; to be later dismembered on the same beach and transported to the processing plant. Hence the name of the Cangas beach. In the 1970s, both Factoría de Balea C.B. and Massó Hermanos merged with IBSA: the A Coruña-based Industria Ballenera S.A., with the Massó family holding the majority of the share capital in the resulting company.

Cetacean fishing was characterized by being carried out between April and October, with the common rorqual and sperm whale being the most sought-after species. In 1980, one of the company&#8217;s ships, docked in the port of Marín, suffered a bombing attack causing it to sink. This event, along with the International Whaling Commission moratorium in 1986 on whale fishing, led to the closure of the company and the factories of Morás (1979) and Cangas (1985).]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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