Porto do Son
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Concello de Porto do Son | |||
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Nickname: "O Son" | |||
Location of Porto do Son within Galicia | |||
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Government | |||
- Alcalde (Mayor) | |||
Area | |||
- City | 95.18 km² (36.7 sq mi) | ||
Population (2004) | |||
- City | 10,039 (INE) | ||
- Density | 105.47/km² (273.2/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
- Summer (DST) | CET (UTC+2) |
Porto do Son is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Porto do Son is in fact a collection of coastal towns and villages in the “ria de Muros y Noia” and as such is not just a town itself, but a municipality encompassing other towns including Portosín. The area is around 16 miles by 4 miles and has many beaches along with some famous Celtic ruins, the castro (i.e., "hill fort") called the "Castro de Barona".
[edit] Castro de Barona
Just south of the fishing village of "Porto do Son" there are the 2000-year old Celtic ruins of a fort at "Castro de Barona". These ruins were only rediscovered in 1933 and are a protected as a Spanish "Artistic Heritage" site. Local legend states that any person who sees the image or shape of a lion's head in the Castro de Barona rock formations will be chosen to join the rebirth of the Celtic Clan of Baroña.
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