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The ascent of Monte Pindo

Carnota, Muros, A Coruña

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The ascent of Monte Pindo

Activity · Carnota, Muros, A Coruña

Image of Carnota, not of the place itself.

Monte Pindo is a granite massif 627 metres high in Carnota, whose granite boulders, shaped by erosion, inspired legends of deities, monsters and giants; petroglyphs, bronze tools and the remains of a supposed ancient hermitage have been found there. In the 10th century Bishop Sisnando ordered the castle of San Xurxo to be built on its slopes, a defence against medieval pirates, later inhabited by noble Galician families until its destruction in the irmandiño revolts of 1467; of two other castles, Canedo and Penafiel, barely any documentary trace remains, save for a Latin inscription about the excommunication of 1130 issued by Archbishop Xelmírez against the Count of Traba. The massif forms part, together with the beaches of Carnota, of the Carnota-Monte Pindo special conservation area.

Photo: amaianos from Galicia (CC BY 2.0)

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