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The Best Attractions In Camarinas

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Camariñas is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Tierra de Soneira. An important fishing center, it is renowned all over Spain by the bobbin lace work of its women . To the northwest are the impressive cliffs of Cape Vilan , a protected natural site.
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The Best Attractions In Camarinas

  • 1. Cabo Vilan Camarinas
    Cape Vilan is a rock-bound peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain, located in Costa da Morte , specifically close the village of Camariñas. The place was declared of National Interest in 1933 and today is a Natural Monument. However, near the cape was installed a wind farm and a fish farm breeding turbot. The Cape Vilan Lighthouse marks this dangerous sections of the Costa da Morte. Erected at 125 meters altitude and attached to the old building of the lighthouse keepers, it has a powerful light that can reach 55 km. It is the oldest electric lighthouse in Spain.In 1890, the English ship HMS Serpent, which sailed to the Sierra Leone, sank near the cape because of a storm, perishing 173 men that were buried in the English Cemetery , a short distance out Cape Vilan.
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  • 4. Faro de Fisterra Fisterra
    The Cape Finisterre Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on Cape Finisterre, in the Province of A Coruña, on the northwestern coast of Galicia in Spain.
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  • 5. Santuario da Virxe da Barca Muxia
    The Virxe da Barca sanctuary is a church located in Muxía, Spain. It was destroyed by a fire that was started by lightning on 25 December 2013.
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