Ortigueira (in
Spanish, ''Ortiguera'') is a fishing village which has about one thousand inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of
Coaña,
Asturias,
Spain. Among its notable locales are the
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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, the Chapel of St. Augustine (from the seventeenth century) and the coastside scenery.
The name Ortigueira comes from the word "ortiga", which is
nettle in Spanish. Originally it was called "Ortigal", then "Ortigueral", and finally, Ortiguera. Ortiguera dates approximately from the fourteenth century. The town has a small port, a beach, and many houses. In Ortiguera four celebrations are celebrated: El Carmen, in July; San Agustín, La Caridad, and La Jira in the first weekend of September.
[http://perso.wanadoo.es/ortiguera_coania/historia.htm]
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External links
Photographic visit to Ortigueira's lighthouse
Towns in Asturias
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