Fornelos
Fornelos is a hamlet in A Capela, A Coruña, Galicia and has about 12 residents. Fornelos is situated nearby to the neighborhood O Penedo, as well as near the hamlet O Pouso.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 3 km southeast of Fornelos.
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 3 km southeast of Fornelos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include A Igrexa and As Neves.
Fornelos
- Type: Hamlet with 12 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
43.44387° or 43° 26′ 38″ northLongitude
-8.08528° or 8° 5′ 7″ westPopulation
12Open location code
8CMHCWV7+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6152659304OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q20547668
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Irish—“Fornelos” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fornelos”
- Galician: “Fornelos, Cabalar, A Capela”
- Galician: “Fornelos”
- Irish: “Fornelos”
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