Costa da Morte, sustainable tourist destination
Located in imposing places from which they dominate the horizon, the lighthouses in Costa da Morte are almost revered for the importance they have had throughout history. A constant reminder of the danger posed by the rough sea and a complex coastline are also a reflection of human ingenuity to overcome adversity and the search to dominate the nature of the one around us. Here you can see the locations of the most important lighthouses in Costa da Morte and information about them.
The writer from A Coruña Nacho Carretero noted a certain “aversion” for the straight line on the part of the Galician coast, even more so when it comes to the Costa da Morte.
Inlets, cliffs, nooks and crannies, corners and ledges give this area an undeniable mystique in which you can get lost to find the place to enjoy the sea, the gentle breeze of the Atlantic and the sound of nature.
However, peace and majesty did not always exist in this paradise. More than 900 shipwrecks have been recorded on the Costa da Morte since the Middle Ages. Something that is not only due to its complex orography.
At this point on the coast, the ships made a change of course, whether they came from the south or the north, to face their destination. Many of them were completely unaware of the geography of the area and needed constant references to follow their course, references that they took from maps and the land.
However, these references were not always visible due to storms, fog or even the darkness of the winter nights themselves, which made this latitude a complex place for maritime traffic.
This is why the Costa da Morte was the first electric lighthouse in Europe, a constantly visible reference whatever the atmospheric conditions. These great guides spread throughout the area marking the course for all travelers, not only illuminating and giving a reference of the position of the earth, but also giving information about their own position since each Lighthouse has its own characteristic beam of light.
Beyond their functionality, the Lighthouses are a giant that rises in places that seem to come out of fantasy, places before which it seems that your body shrinks before the force of nature and its beauty at the same time that you will feel the freedom of the infinite.
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