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Xelmírez's shipyard in Cesures

Pontecesures, Caldas, Pontevedra

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Xelmírez's shipyard in Cesures

Historical milestone · Pontecesures, Caldas, Pontevedra

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In the 12th century, Archbishop Diego Xelmírez had a shipyard built in the port on the Ulla, in Pontecesures, to fit out ships to counter Norman and Muslim raids on the Galician coast.

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

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