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Carballo

A Coruña · Galicia

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Carballo is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The town is the thirteenth most populated municipality in the region and it belongs to the comarca of Bergantiños, serving as its capital. The seafood company Calvo is headquartered here.

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Origins

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History

Carballo dates back to 759 AD; the name is actually a Galician word meaning Oak, referring to the settlement's surroundings of forest on mountainous terrain. The Atlantic Ocean is a short distance to the west side of the town, to the north is the Bay of Biscay or Viscaya and to the east is the Mediterranean Sea, with a 1,130 km drive to La Marina de Port, Barcelona, Spain and 618 km drive east by south east to Madrid and 846 km drive south to Seville.

It has a good geographical position that allows you to establish easy communication with the main cities of Galicia, Spain and enjoy the landscape diversity that make up its rivers. This is evident from the Anllóns River and through the natural area of Razo-Baldaio.

The Municipality of Carballo was created in 1836. In 1920, the Architect Julio Galan father of Julio Galán Gómez, built the Town Hall used until 1974. In the 1920s and 1930s Carballo was widely modernized, schools were built and spaces opened up. During the 1940s, the Exploitation of natural resources of Tungsten began a period of growth that reached its peak from 1960 to 1980, and during the last third of the twentieth century saw extensive urban expansion.

Carballo was also known since Antiquity for the medicinal properties of its sulfurous waters known as Vellos or Baths, which are still sold commercially today, as evidenced by the remains found in a spa town in the eighteenth century. Their medicinal properties are indicated for nonspecific respiratory diseases as well as the hormonal disorders Hypothyroidism and Hypogonadism.

Later, the Romans, during the Roman Empire (27BC to 476/1453AC), attracted by the fertility of the land, for the abundance of minerals and for its sulfurous waters, also left their mark. In this sense, the remains of the Villa Termal are the best preserved monument of this period throughout the town, along with the Lubiáns Bridge, high above the river Rosende, between the towns of Carballo and Coristanco.

Monuments

Túmulo de O Cruceiro

Castro

Cruceiro de Goiáns

O Oratorio

Mámoas Os Vilares

Castro de Carballo

Castro de Serantes

Mámoa do Pinar do Canteiro

Castro da Condesa

Pazo do Souto

Pazo das Pallas

Castro de Oca

What to visit

Museo de Bergantiños

Deporte:

Carballo también es conocido por la multitud de disciplinas deportivas que practican sus habitantes.

Gallery

Festivals

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Street market

Mercado de Abastos de Carballo — Rúa Cervantes (Mo-Fr 08:30-14:00, 16:30-20:00)

Gastronomy

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Trails and hiking

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Services

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Famous people

Carlos Escribano Subías, prelado español

Alfredo Brañas, poeta, escritor y político español

Rober Bodegas, cómico y actor español

Xurxo Borrazás

Evencio Ferrero Rodríguez, político de España

María Tasende, actriz, bailarina y modelo española

Town hall

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How to get there

  • 🚗 36 km from Coruña, A (about 25 min by car)
  • 🚗 136 km from Vigo (about 96 min by car)

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  • ✈️ 33 km from A Coruña airport (about 23 min by car)
  • ✈️ 52 km from Santiago de Compostela airport (about 37 min by car)

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Practical info

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🏧 Nearest cash machine

  • Abanca · 0.6 km away
  • Banco Santander · 0.7 km away
  • BBVA · 0.7 km away

⛽ Nearest petrol station

  • Carbugal · 0.6 km away
  • Repsol · 0.9 km away
  • Mingacho Oil · 1.4 km away

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Buses

32 paradas de autobús en el municipio:

Lugar De Capelan/Carrefour

O Forno

Montecelo

OCA

Balsa, A

CAPELAN MARQUESIÑA

Carantos

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Pharmacy and health

Farmacia — Rúa Verdillo 23

Farmacia Farmacia Ortopedia Macia — Rúa Vázquez de Parga 157

Farmacia Farmacia De la Llave — Rúa Gran Vía 192

Farmacia — Rúa do Muíño 73

Farmacia — Praza de Galicia 15

Farmacia Consuelo Souto Pardo — Rúa Luis Calvo 37

Farmacia Irene Baña Tajes — Avenida de Bértoa 26

Farmacia — 46

Farmacia — Rúa Valle Inclán 25

Farmacia — Rúa Gran Vía 34

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