A Concha
A Concha is a beach in Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia. A Concha is situated nearby to the park Praza do Mercado, as well as near the government office Distrito Marítimo.Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Spain
- Also known as: “Area da Concha”, “Basteira”, “Cariño”, and “Praia da Concha”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cariño town hall and Igrexa de San Bartolomeu de Cariño.
Cariño town hall
Town hall
Photo: PepedoCouto, GFDL.
Cariño town hall is situated 390 metres north of A Concha.
Igrexa de San Bartolomeu de Cariño
Church
Photo: Oilisab, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igrexa de San Bartolomeu de Cariño is a church, which is situated 650 metres north of A Concha.
Cape Ortegal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Aleuze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Ortegal Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It was planned and approved in 1982 and completed in 1984. It consists of a white cylindrical concrete tower 3 metres in diameter and 12.7 metres tall with a red stripe and two balconies 4.7 metres in diameter. Cape Ortegal Lighthouse is situated 4 km north of A Concha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cariño and San Xiao.
A Concha
- Categories: golden sand beach, shingle beach, urban beach, and landform
- Location: Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.73714° or 43° 44′ 14″ northLongitude
-7.87013° or 7° 52′ 13″ westOpen location code
8CMJP4PH+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 279316605OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachWikidata ID
Q28121789
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“A Concha” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “A Concha”
- Catalan: “Basteira”
- Catalan: “Cariño”
- Czech: “A Concha”
- Dutch: “A Concha”
- French: “A Concha”
- French: “Basteira”
- French: “Cariño”
- Galician: “praia da Concha”
- Galician: “praia de Basteira”
- Galician: “praia de Cariño”
- Spanish: “A Concha”
- Spanish: “Basteira”
- Spanish: “Cariño”
- Spanish: “Playa de A Concha”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praza da Concha ou da Gaia and Praza do Mercado.
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