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Monument to the Prestige Disaster

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Monument to the Prestige Disaster

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Monument to the Prestige Disaster

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    April 22, 2023

    The monument (400 tons heavy and 11 m high) commemorates the terrible tanker accident of the "Prestige", which broke up off the coast in November 2002 and triggered one of the worst environmental catastrophes. The damage to nature and the environment was only repaired after 10 years.

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      the stone symbolizes a 2002 disaster caused by an oil spill

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        A very breathtaking and magnificent monument.

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          Location: Muxía, Occidental, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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