{"id":78951,"date":"2026-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?p=78951"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:52:08","slug":"cee-the-first-industrial-town-on-costa-da-morte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/blog-en\/cee-the-first-industrial-town-on-costa-da-morte","title":{"rendered":"CEE, THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL TOWN ON COSTA DA MORTE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The town of Cee, which stands at the head of the Corcubi\u00f3n r\u00eda, has a long history that starts in the 12th century when Archbishop Diego Xelm\u00edrez made the archdeacon of Trast\u00e1mara the administrator of an estate that included the parish of Santa Mar\u00eda da Xunqueira. He then became the head of a small domain, separate from Corcubi\u00f3n, under the authority of the same archbishop. In the mid-18th century Catalan entrepreneurs came to the port and changed the system of fishing, which caused conflict with the local seafarers\u2019 collectives. In the following century, in April 1809, the people of Cee endured attacks from French troops, who devastated the town and destroyed the parish church of Santa Mar\u00eda da Xunqueira <\/a><\/strong>(dedicated to Saint Mary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If, in its early years, the main activity of Cee, like the other coastal towns on Costa da Morte, was fishing and maritime trade, the creation of the Carburos de Brens factory at the beginning of the 20th century and the Caneli\u00f1as whaling factory<\/a><\/strong> in 1924 made it into the number-one industrial town in the west of Galicia. The former factory used electricity from the \u00c9zaro hydroelectric plant and came to employ some 200 workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Cee has become the most important economic and services centre in the south of Costa da Morte, especially since the opening of the Virxe de Xunqueira District Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because this town lies on the Way of St. James from Santiago to Fisterra, visitors or pilgrims have several reasons for stopping in Cee, for its attractive historical, architectural and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The route around town could begin at the church of Santa Mar\u00eda de Xunqueira<\/a><\/strong>, a building that was originally Gothic but was remodelled in subsequent years. It still preserves its Mediaeval apse. The rest of the church corresponds to work done between the 17th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In its interior, there is an image of the Virxe da Xunqueira, or Our Lady of the Reeds, who received this name because legend says that she appeared on the banks amidst the reeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close to the church is the Praza da Constituci\u00f3n square. At the entrance is the interesting Fundaci\u00f3n Fernando Blanco museum<\/a><\/strong>. It houses a wide-ranging collection of scientific instruments and educational materials that belonged to the school created by the foundation and its collection of paintings. There are also some attractive houses built by the local bourgeoisie on this same square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this, it is a good idea to wander the streets of the historical centre and see Fonte Pen\u00edn Square, where the Cot\u00f3n manor house<\/a><\/strong> is located. This is an 18th century stately home, where the baroque style is visible in the coat of arms, door and balustrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also worthy of a visit is the Fundaci\u00f3n Fernando Blanco building<\/a> at the upper end of town, which was built with financial resources donated by this philanthropist, who made his fortune in Cuba. Another attraction, because of its variety of plants, is the garden around this building<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another illustrious son of this town was the architect and sculptor Domingo Antonio de Andrade (1639-1712), one of major Baroque artists of Galicia and the master builder of the Santiago cathedral and the designer of its clock tower. He also worked on Lugo cathedral and the monastery of San Domingos de Bonaval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let yourself be carried along by Cee through \u201cCEE, THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL TOWN ON COSTA DA MORTE\u201d. A short read with substance: it puts you on the map and in its time. Tip: look out for costa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":80394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"CEE, THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL TOWN ON COSTA DA MORTE - Costa da Morte","description":"Let yourself be carried along by Cee through \u201cCEE, THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL TOWN ON COSTA DA MORTE\u201d. A short read with substance: it puts you on the map and in its"},"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[650],"tags":[117,1319],"class_list":["post-78951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","tag-cee-en","tag-naturally-unique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80398,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78951\/revisions\/80398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}