Terra de Avania Curiosity · A Baña, Barcala, A Coruña Image of A Baña, not of the place itself. The first documentary mention of this territory appears in 1153 in monastic records, where it is called terra de Avania, the old form from which the present name of the concello of A Baña derives. Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in A Baña