Places to see in ( Ribadeo - Spain )

Places to see in ( Ribadeo - Spain ) Ribadeo is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo in Galicia. Ribadeo is the capital of the A Mariña Oriental comarca. The municipality of Ribadeo has approximately the shape of a 10x10 kilometer square. It is bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea, to the east by the Ribadeo estuary (on the other side of which is Castropol in Asturias), to the west by the municipality of Barreiros and to the south by that of Trabada. The capital of the municipality is the town of Ribadeo. There is one other town - Rinlo - and many small villages and hamlets. The highest point of the municipality is the mountain of Mondigo (571m), in the parish of Cubelas. The coat of arms of Ribadeo is of medieval origin. It depicts waves of the sea on which are superimposed a golden key at an oblique angle and a silver star. The key symbolizes the Ribadeo incorporation into Galicia, and the star its northern location. Until the late seventeenth century the coat of arms lacked the star and the key was in the upright position. This older version can be seen carved in stone in 1699, in the chapel of the Virxe do Camiño, at which time it was already ancient. The local economy of Ribadeo is dominated by the service sector, in particular the retail and hotel trades. There is a fishing and commercial port in Ribadeo , the only major port between Ferrol and Avilés. Alot to see in ( Ribadeo - Spain ) such as : Torre de los Moreno, the house of the Moreno...