Porcar
Porcar is a hamlet in A Capela, A Coruña, Galicia and has about 14 residents. Porcar is situated nearby to the hamlet O Pereiro, as well as near O Lombo.Places of Interest
Highlights include A Capela town hall and Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro.
Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro
Monastery
Photo: Lansbricae, CC BY 2.0.
The Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro is a Galician monastery founded in the tenth century by Saint Rudesind. It is situated in A Capela, in Galicia, within the Fragas do Eume natural park. Monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro is situated 4 km southwest of Porcar.
Fragas do Eume
Photo: migonmar25, CC BY 2.0.
The Fragas do Eume is a natural park situated in north-west Spain. Fraga is a Galician word for "natural woodland", and the park is an example of a temperate rainforest in which oak is the climax vegetation. Fragas do Eume is situated 3½ km southwest of Porcar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include A Igrexa and Os Covos.
Porcar
- Type: Hamlet with 14 residents
- Description: human settlement in A Capela, A Coruña Province, Galicia, Spain
- Categories: settlement in Galicia and locality
- Location: A Capela, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.4485° or 43° 26′ 55″ northLongitude
-8.04586° or 8° 2′ 45″ westPopulation
14Open location code
8CMHCXX3+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 6152623783OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q12397902
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Galician—“Porcar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Porcar”
- Galician: “Porcar, A Capela, A Capela”
- Galician: “Porcar”
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Localities in the Area
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