Cedeira

Cedeira
Municipality
Parish of San Andrés de Teixido.
UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Cedeira is a municipality in the

Parroquias

• Cedeira (Santa María do Mar)
• Cervo (Santalla)
• Esteiro (San Fiz)
• Montoxo (San Xiao)
• Piñeiro (San Cosme)
• Régoa (Santa María)
• San Román de Montoxo (San Román)

Demography

From:INE Archiv

Politics

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Economy

Travelers from Cedeira travel to South Africa, Terranova in Canada or the Irish Box to fish. Most of the fish, mainly tuna, is canned and stored in warehouses locally for later distribution to different parts of Spain and Europe.

Nearby is the site of Santo André (or San Andres), a pre-Christian pilgrimage site, with a holy well. Parts of the chapel at San Andres dates from the 12th century, although most of the structure was designed by Miguel Lopez de la Peña and built in 1789. The earliest reference to Christian pilgrimage there comes from a 1391 manuscript, in which a woman from nearby Viveiro says:

Iten mando yr por min en romaria yr per min a Santo Andre of Teixido, porque Ilo tenno prometudo, tenno, et que le ponnan enno seu altar hua candea commo he hua muller de meu estado

The cliffs of San Andres are described as the highest in Europe.^[2]

Culture

Cedeira hosts a small Medieval Fair in one of its main squares each year. In addition, the gastronomical "Percebe" (barnacle) festival is held in July.

References

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