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Location: Ponteareas, Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

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1. Remedios Bridge loop from Puenteareas

28.3km

02:03

600m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. O Porriño town center – San Benito loop from O Porriño

45.6km

03:09

750m

740m

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3. Remedios Bridge – Castro de Troña loop from A Gloria

24.3km

01:42

440m

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December 30, 2020

The site dates from just over six hundred years before Christ, (the beginning of the use of stone as a building material). Like many of the regional settlements in Galicia, the Castro de Troña had its splendor around the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. This community most likely moved closer to the Tea river due to easier food and water sources. The arrival of the Romans also contributed to the abandonment of the site in search of better protected grounds.

The remains of numerous houses, some excavated, and others still hidden by earth and vegetation are scatted over the hilltop. Most of them have a circular plan and in others an additional larger social room of the higher social classes. We will also find square and rectangular floor plans at this site typical of Romanized settlements. The indigenous inhabitants did not make corners in their homes, due to the belief that evil spirits hid there.

On a small rock, very close to the cistern, there is a famous snake-shaped petroglyph. The "Serpe de Troña" is on a sacrificial stone with a central channel. One theory is that the blood of the sacrificed victim was spilled into the engraving of the serpent. Other theories state that it is nothing more than a symbol that offered peace and tranquility for the settlement.

Further Reading: galiciamaxica.eu/galicia/pontevedra/comarca-do-condado/ponteareas/trona

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Location: Ponteareas, Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Castro de Troña

1. Remedios Bridge loop from Puenteareas

2. O Porriño town center – San Benito loop from O Porriño

3. Remedios Bridge – Castro de Troña loop from A Gloria

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