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Mount Pindo

Carnota, Muros, A Coruña

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Mount Pindo

Curiosity · Carnota, Muros, A Coruña

Image of Carnota, not of the place itself.

A granite massif 627 metres high that plunges sheer into the sea, popular tradition dubbed it the Celtic Olympus, populating it with witches, treasures and named crags sculpted by erosion. Together with Carnota beach, it forms the Carnota-Monte Pindo natural area, included in the Natura 2000 network, and is shared among the municipalities of Carnota, Mazaricos, Cee and Dumbría. It holds petroglyphs and archaeological remains, and in the 10th century Bishop Sisnando had the San Xurxo castle built on its edges as a defence against pirates, destroyed in 1467 during the Irmandiña revolt. A Latin inscription preserved on an isolated stone also recalls the excommunication that Archbishop Diego Gelmírez of Compostela launched in 1130 against the Count of Traba.

Photo: LUIS MATIAS LOPEZ RI… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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