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From Gallaecia to the Euro-Region
The characteristics mentioned before
are common to all these large castro
cividades or citânias. Some of the
most important ones of the peninsular
northwest are mentioned below.
- San Cibrán de Las, located in the
towns San Amaro and Puxín, and close
to Ourense and O Carballiño. It is one
of the biggest ones in Galicia, inhabited
since the 2nd century B.C. and with a
high degree of Romanization.
- O Castro de Vigo, located in the very
city centre, includes the reconstruction
of three buildings in one of the widest
castro villages of Galicia.
- Castro de Santa Tegra, one of the
most emblematic ones in the Galician
coast. It is located in the homonymic
hill, in A Guarda, approximately one
hour far from Vigo or from Viana do
Castelo. It was declared National
Artistic and Historic Monument in
1931 and it is, as well, Heritage of
Cultural Interest. In some of the stones
in this hill one can find petroglyphs.
- Citanía de Sanfíns, in Paços da
Ferreira, halfway between Guimarães
and Penafiel. It has a hundred rooms of
circular and quadrangular floor plan,
grouped around forty domestic centres.
The visit to the Archaeological Museum
is an essential complement.
- Citânía de Briteiros. It is found in
the upper part of the hill of S. Romão,
Guimarães. It attracts attention due
to the remains with Latin inscriptions
and the abundance of coins from the
Republic and the Empire, fragments
of luxury ceramics (terra sigillata),
pieces of glass, etc.
- Monte Mozinho, in Penafiel. It
is a proto-Roman city that starts its
chronology in the turn of the era. The
castro is crowned by an acropolis,
protected by a robust stone wall,
although its inner part lacks any urban
structure. The entrance, in the upper
part of the castro, was flanked by two
Castro of Cidá (Riveira)
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