Castelo da Palma

Castelo da Palma

📍 Mugardos

A 16th-century castle on the opposite shore of the Ría from San Felipe. Together with San Felipe, these two fortresses protected the narrow entrance to the ría—Ferrol was considered virtually impossible to blockade in the age of sail.

A 16th-century fortress in Mugardos that, with the Castelo de San Felipe opposite, sealed the mouth of the Ferrol ría with a chain stretched across the water.