ANTIGA LAGOA DE ANTELA

Nature along the Way
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On the Way of St. James

Location

Parish: Couso de Limia (Santa María)

Place: Vilariño das Poldras

Sandiás - Ourense

Coordinates:
42º 04' 57.2" N - 7º 45' 32.5" W

Description

Until it was dried up in the 1960s, this lake formed one of the most important wetlands on the Iberian Peninsula. A wide variety of flora and fauna could be found in its almost four thousand hectares, especially birds, so that when it was dried up a great ecological heritage was lost.

The Ways of St. James

Vía de la Plata
Arriba
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