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Mountain range of o Galiñeiro

Gondomar, Vigo, Pontevedra

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Mountain range of o Galiñeiro

Nature · Gondomar, Vigo, Pontevedra

A granite mountain range running from north-west to south-east through the municipalities of Vigo, Gondomar, O Porriño, Mos and Tui, forming a natural border between Gondomar and Vigo, separating the Val Miñor from the Louro valley and closing off to the north a council that faces the ría of Baiona. It reaches its highest point, 711 metres, at Monte Galiñeiro, whose summit already lies within Gondomar; other notable heights in the range are Alba and Cepudo, in Vigo, and Aloia, in Tui, established as a natural park. It is scattered with burial mounds, petroglyphs and a fortified enclosure at the summit, and alternates granite boulders, scree and heathland with oak groves and chestnut groves. From the top the whole of the Ría de Vigo and the Val Miñor can be seen.

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

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