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Virgen de la Roca

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Virgen de la Roca

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Location: Baiona, Litoral, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

March 25, 2022

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The image of the Virgen de la Roca is one of the best-known monuments in the municipality of Baiona. It was built in granite on the rocks of Mount Sansón by the great architect Antonio Palacios from Porriñán, author of outstanding buildings and architecture in the modernist style. The work was inaugurated in 1930, it is 15 meters high and represents the Virgin holding in her right hand a boat-lookout which is accessed by an internal spiral staircase made of stone.

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March 1, 2023

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Erected on the granite rocks of Mount Sansón, in the municipality of Baiona, the Virgen de la Roca is a monument by Antonio Palacios, inaugurated in 1930.

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October 11, 2024

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The Virgin of the Rock (Virxe da Rocha in Galician) is an impressive sculpture located on Mount Sansón, in Baiona, Pontevedra. This stone statue is 15 metres high and was inaugurated in 19301. The Virgin holds a boat in her right hand, which can be accessed by an internal spiral staircase that leads to a viewing point with spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean.

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