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The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.
The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.
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The modern times<br />
1,2. Military arsenal and dike of the military arsenal (A Graña, Ferrol) / 3. Castle of San Felipe<br />
(Ferrol)<br />
is almost one of a kind. Following<br />
the same outline of rationality and<br />
proportion of the arsenal, new quarters<br />
of the city were built, being the first<br />
place of Galicia were a boulevard was<br />
created to act as a transition between<br />
the civil and the military areas. One<br />
was the quarter of Esteiro, although<br />
it is currently very modified by the<br />
new constructions of Caranza. It was<br />
thought for the accommodation of the<br />
shipyard workers and organized on<br />
a basis of 6 streets, parallel to other<br />
small ones that connected them.<br />
With a similar plan, but improved,<br />
the quarter of La Magdalena was<br />
equally created, thought for the staff<br />
of the Armada, and laid out between<br />
the medieval quarter of Ferrol and the<br />
quarter of Esteiro.<br />
La Magdalena Quarter (Ferrol)<br />
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