Punta Castro
Punta Castro is a point in Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia. Punta Castro is situated nearby to the locality Baroña, as well as near the hamlet A Igrexa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castro de Baroña and Praia de Area Longa.
Castro de Baroña
Archaeological site
Photo: Lmbuga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Castro de Baroña is an Iron Age fortified settlement 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.
Igrexa de San Pedro de Baroña
Church
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
Igrexa de San Pedro de Baroña is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include A Igrexa and O Dique.
Punta Castro
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.69516° or 42° 41′ 43″ northLongitude
-9.03334° or 9° 2′ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8CJGMXW8+3MGeoNames ID
3125690
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