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La
Coruna is the largest city in Spain's Galicia region and among the country's
busiest ports. This remote area is tucked into the northwest corner of the
Iberian Peninsula, surprising visitors with its green and misty countryside
that is so much unlike other parts of Spain. In 1720, La Coruna was granted
the privilege of trading with America--a right previously only held by Cadiz
and Seville and not extended to other ports until 1778. This was the great
era when adventurous men voyaged to the colonies and returned with vast
riches.
La Coruna's beautiful main square, Plaza Maria Pita, is named after the
local heroine who saved the town when she seized the English standard from
the beacon and gave the alarm to warn of the English attack. Many of the
buildings in the old section feature the characteristic glazed facades,
which have earned La Coruna the name City of Crystals. The port is only 37
miles from Santiago de Compostela, the third most significant Christian
pilgrimage site in the world, after Rome and Jerusalem. |
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