Alfonso V orders the Torres do Oeste to be built Historical milestone · Catoira, Caldas, Pontevedra Image of Catoira, not of the place itself. The Leonese king orders the mouth of the Ulla to be fortified to halt the Norman incursions that had struck the ría in 858, 968 and 1016; the precinct was dismantled around 1525. 1024 Photo: amaianos from Galicia (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Catoira