Castro de Punta dos Prados

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Castro de Punta dos Prados

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An Iron-Age hillfort (castro) on a headland by Espasante, notable for its monumental pre-Roman sauna—one of the best preserved in Galicia.

A coastal Iron-Age hillfort that keeps a restored, visitable castro sauna with its pedra formosa: a ritual steam bath over two thousand years old.

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