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Matalascañas

Matalascañas is the name of an Atlantic beach and coastal resort town within the Municipality of Almonte, in southwestern . It is known for having an ancient upside down tower on the sand called Torre de la Higuera, one of the seven defensive towers…
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  • Type: Village with 2,960 residents
  • Description: locality in Huelva
  • Also known as: “Torre de la Higuera”
  • Postal code: 21760

Places of Interest

Highlights include Faro de Matalascañas and Torre de la Higuera.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , colloquially known as La Peña, El Tapón or simply as La Piedra de Matalascañas, is a watchtower in ruins, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, located on Castilla Beach in Matalascañas, in , , Spain.

Hotel
Photo: El Pantera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Matalascañas

Latitude
36.999° or 36° 59′ 56″ north
Longitude
-6.54789° or 6° 32′ 52″ west
Population
2,960
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8C8MXFX2+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 486583893
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6545009
Wiki­data ID
Q993966
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Matalascañas” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Matalascañas”
  • Catalan: “Matalascañas o Torre de la Higuera”
  • Catalan: “Matalascañas”
  • Cebuano: “Matalascañas”
  • Dutch: “Matalascañas”
  • Esperanto: “Matalascañas”
  • French: “Matalascañas”
  • Galician: “Matalascañas o Torre de la Higuera”
  • Galician: “Matalascañas”
  • German: “Matalascanas”
  • German: “Matalascañas”
  • Hebrew: “מטלאסקניאס”
  • Japanese: “マタラスカニャス”
  • Korean: “마탈라스카냐스”
  • Luxembourgish: “Matalascañas”
  • Persian: “ماتالسکناس”
  • Portuguese: “Matalascañas”
  • Russian: “Маталасканьяс”
  • Spanish: “Matalascanas”
  • Spanish: “Matalascañas”
  • Swedish: “Matalascañas”
  • “Matalascañas”

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