Muíño de Mareas de Senra
Traditional engineering driven by the tide
Traditional engineering driven by the tide
This mill, built between 1905 and 1910 to harness the power of the tides for grinding grain, is the last of its kind in Galicia. Its construction was promoted by an emigrant who returned from Cuba and involved stonemasons from Pontevedra and local carpenters.
Foto: concello de Ortigueira
Seafaring district and port of Cariño
A labyrinth of houses hanging above the sea
La Pureza canning factory
A living vestige of the town's industrial heritage
Puntal de Feás
A natural viewpoint that connects the community and ocean
A Miranda viewpoint
A 360º balcony overlooking the Geopark
Fornos beach
The folds that trace the collapse of Gondwana
Cala do Peiral
The echo of a Cambrian ocean
Cabo Ortegal lighthouse
A lighthouse overlooking the abyss of geological time
Vixía Herbeira viewpoint
A balcony overlooking the materials exhumed from the Earth's mantle
Historic centre of Ortigueira and seafront promenade
A stroll through traditional architecture
Muíño de Mareas de Senra
Traditional engineering driven by the tide
Morouzos beach
A beach and an island from a vanished ocean
San Antonio beach
The chaos of a subduction channel
Castro de Punta dos Prados
The erosion of time
Garita da Vela
Facing the immensity of the Atlantic
O Picón
The remote and glacial memory of Gondwana