CASTRO DE A FORCA
The Castro de A Forca is a place that transports us to the heart of the Iron Age. Around the 4th century BC, the castrexas communities built this small fortified settlement at the beginning of the ascent to Mount Santa Trega. Its function was twofold: residential and defensive, a safe refuge for its inhabitants. Walking […]
SALCIDOS BIRD WATCHING VIEWPOINT
The Salcidos Ornithological Observatory, located in A Xunqueira, in the parish of Salcidos, A Guarda, opposite the municipality of O Rosal and with direct views of the island da Canosa in the Miño estuary. This space was inaugurated on April 10, 1988, thanks to the Asociación Naturalista do Baixo Miño and the Xunta de Galicia. […]
DUNLIN
Here lives the dunlin, or Calidris alba, a small shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. It is recognized by its very pale plumage outside the breeding season, its short and robust bill, and its black legs without a visible hind toe. With luck, you may observe it on the shore running alongside the waves, capturing small […]
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GRACE – A PASAXE
At the end of the 19th century, according to an inscription on the cornice, the Chapel of Our Lady of Grace was built in A Pasaxe (Camposancos, A Guarda). It originated as a small Marian oratory of the neighborhood, located next to the Miño riverbank. It is a single-nave granite chapel, of very modest dimensions […]
Casa do Concello
Institutional building of Portomarín.
Marcos Cela Park Viewpoint
Viewpoint located in a large park with green areas, trails, and leisure zones.
EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER
The Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, is a robust and very distinctive wader. Its plumage is bicolored: black on the head, back, and chest, and white on the belly. Notable features include its long bill of an intense red-orange color, red eyes, and pink legs. Its diet consists of mollusks and marine worms, which it captures […]