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Limestone quarries of Triacastela

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Limestone quarries of Triacastela

Nature · Triacastela, Sarria, Lugo

Image of Triacastela, not of the place itself.

The limestone outcrops in the parish of Vilavella, at places such as Os Cotelos, A Pedra and O Penedo, are among the few in Galicia; from them came the stone used to make lime for Santiago cathedral.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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