Enseada de Mera

Enseada de Mera is a bay in Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tower of Hercules and Royal Galician Academy.

Tower of Hercules

The Tower of Hercules is the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. Built in the 1st century, the tower is located on a peninsula about 2.4 km from the centre of A Coruña, Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

Royal Galician Academy

Public building

Photo: Certo Xornal, CC BY 2.0.

The Royal Galician Academy is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language.

Santa Cruz Castle

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.

The Castle of Santa Cruz is a castle on an island of the same name in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is located in the town of Porto de Santa Cruz, municipality of Oleiros.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include A Coruña and A Pescaría.

A Coruña

Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0.

A Coruña is a large port in Galicia in northwest Spain. Its sights reflect its heritage as a fortified harbour much battered by other nations. The city is the site of the Roman Tower of Hercules, a lighthouse which has been in continuous operation since possibly the 2nd century AD.