Muxía
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Muxía (Galician pronunciation:
Muxía is known for its beaches. It has an active fishing industry.
Muxía is part of the '
Muxía is 3 kilometers from a famous
There are several locations along the Costa da Morte that have a "
There was a serious oil spill involving the oil tanker "Prestige" along the Muxía part of the coast in November, 2002, leaking about 70,000 gallons of oil into the Atlantic.
History
In the 5th century and 6th century,
The monastery near Muxía was named "Mosteiro de Moraime" to honor the saint, San Xiao de Moraime, and was established in the early 12th century. Not long after, in 1105, it was attacked and destroyed by Norman pirates, and later by Saxons. Alfonso Raimúndez, the future King and Emperor Alfonso VII of León and Castile, had lived in the area when he was younger and was educated by Pedro Froilaz de Traba.[3] Although he was only 14 at the time, Alfonso restored the monastery with a donation in 1119.
The nearby church dedicated to "Nosa Senora da Barca", the "
Legend has it that St. James the Greater was trying to Christianize the local inhabitants and was having no luck and was discouraged. The
Muxía was purchased by King Carlos of Castile (the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) in the 16th century so he could have a more convenient port, and thus improve his kingdom's commerce and connections with England, where his cousin was Mary I.
Muxía was destroyed in the 19th century by Napoleon´s forces.
Demography
Gallery
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Castelo Island, Touriñán
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Doorway of the ancientSanctuary of Virxe da Barca
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Another nearby final destination on the Way of St. James is Cape Finisterre.
- ^ Studies in Medieval Spanish Frontier History, Study II: Fernando I and the Origins of the Leonese-Castilian Alliance With Cluny Alfonso, Charles Julian Bishko, Cuadernos de Historia de España 47 (1968), 31-135 and 48 (1969), 30-116
- ^ "Un rayo destruye un emblemático santuario en Muxía". El Mundo. 2013-12-25. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ "A Ferida" by Alberto Bañuelos is a sculpture that symbolizes the wound that has been done to the sea by the spilling of 66,000 tons of oil when the Prestige tanker broke apart off the coast of Muxia on November 13, 2002. The sculpture is 11 meters high, and weights over 400 tons.
External links
- pictures from the Prestige oil spill
- A tourist article
- Another tourist article
- Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela, Chapter 9, The Bishop in his Diocese, R. A. Fletcher, Oxford University Press 1984
- encyclopedia entry for Galicia, Columbia University Press
- Historia de Galicia de don Benito Vicetto, tomo I, Ferrol 1865.
- Muxía, the wound, trailer for documentary about impact of the Prestige oil spill on Muxía