CMAT was represented by its president and mayor of A Laracha, José Manuel López Varela, by Sandra Vilela Riveiro —the association’s treasurer and deputy mayor of Muxía— and by the mayor of Fisterra, Luis M. Ínsua Lago, who joined the Portuguese authorities and project partners at a symbolic gathering held next to the Montedor Lighthouse in Carreço (Viana do Castelo).
This event is a natural continuation of the one held on 19 September in Costa da Morte, during the Interreg Cooperation Day, when the first interpretive panels were inaugurated at Cape Touriñán, Monte Pindo and Cape Fisterra. In addition, as part of the project, an additional interpretive panel in Muxía is planned, further reinforcing the key spots from which the last sunset of continental Europe can be seen throughout the year.
For CMAT, being an associated entity of the Atlantic Sunset project represents a “strategic opportunity to strengthen cooperation with northern Portugal and reinforce the shared Atlantic identity”, as its president underlined in his speech. He also stressed that this project makes it possible to move forward in creating sustainable tourism products based on natural, cultural and scientific heritage, in collaboration with universities and research centres on both sides of the border.
The Atlantic Sunset project is coordinated by the Centro de Estudos Eurorrexionais Foundation (FCEER) and is supported by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme and the University of Porto. Its aim is to create an Atlantic network that highlights sunsets as a shared heritage, tourism and identity resource.
With the new interpretive panel at Montedor, Galicia and Portugal are taking another step towards consolidating a shared narrative that shows that “the light of the Atlantic does not separate territories, but unites them”.
👉 More information about the project:
https://atlanticsunset.eu/
