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What to see and do in Castropol

What to see and do in Castropol (Eo-Navia, Asturias): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Castropol

Castropol
Village
Castropol is an Asturian town overlooking the Eo ria from a headland, capital of the homonymous municipality and of the Eo-Navia district, with about 3,200 inhabitants. The ria, which here marks the natural border with Galicia, separates the municipality from the Galician town of Ribadeo, and to the south the Sierra de la Bobia, at 1,197 metres, divides the basins of the Eo and the Navia. The municipality holds the highest density of catalogued castros in Asturias, among them the coastal castro of Punta del Corno, at Villadún, with a defensive complex of three fortified enclosures, and those of Os Castros, in the parish of Piñera, the only one to have been archaeologically excavated. Founded as a trading post in the fourteenth century by the Bishop of Oviedo, the town today lives from its shipyard and from shellfish gathering in the waters of the ria.
Historic ensemble of Castropol
Monument
The town looks out over the Eo estuary from a promontory, with cobbled streets, whitewashed houses and indianos' mansions gathered around the church of Santiago; the ensemble has been listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 2004.
Palace of los Pardo Donlebún
Monument
A fortified 16th-century manor house in Figueras, formed by two symmetrical rectangular wings with battlements flanking the tower; the lintelled, grilled doorway bears two small turrets with the family's coats of arms. Set on a rise beside the town's harbour, its oldest core is the central tower, from the 16th century, from which the two battlemented wings extend; the west wing dates from a 19th-century renovation, and the whole precinct is enclosed by a stone wall built in 1931. It is declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection). A prominent member of the family, Sancho Pardo Donlebún, took part in the expedition of the Grande y Felicísima Armada.
Bridge of los Santos
Monument
Opened on 28 July 1987, it crosses the Eo estuary with 612 metres spread over five spans and links Asturias with Galicia; it owes its name to the chapels of San Roque, on the Asturian bank, and San Miguel, on the Galician one.
Ría del Eo
Nature
An estuary shared with Galicia that has been on the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1994 and is also protected as a special protection area for birds and as a partial nature reserve. It forms at the mouth of the Eo river and is 10 kilometres long, with a fairly constant width of 800 metres and an area of 14 square kilometres; it narrows to 600 metres near the mouth, where a bridge stands, and widens to 1,200 metres in the Arnao cove. The Suarón river also flows into it on the Asturian side, and the Grande river on the Galician side.
Shipyards of Figueras
Curiosity
Wooden ships were built in the cove of La Lieira for more than three centuries; the Figueras shipyards gave the Eo estuary its maritime weight in the 18th and 19th centuries and are still tied to shipbuilding.
The 1587 fire of Castropol
Historical milestone
In 1587 a fire swept through the villa and destroyed most of its medieval housing, so that the historic ensemble walked through today is the fruit of the later rebuilding; only a few buildings, such as the chapel of El Campo, survived the fire.