This document provides information about the town of Ribadeo in northern Spain. It discusses Ribadeo's population of 7,000 people, history as a walled town that received a charter in the 13th century, and important monuments like the Torre de los Moreno tower from 1905. The local economy involves trade, tourism, fishing and a commercial port. Famous people from Ribadeo include a 19th century Uruguayan writer, painters, a former President of Spain, and several other political and cultural figures.

3. INDEX
1.- I have chosen Ribadeo because…..
2.- Situation and population
3.- History
4.- Monuments
5.- Leisure places
6.- Economy
7.- People from Ribadeo

4. 1.- I have chosen Ribadeo because…
I have chosen Ribadeo because I like it
very much and because it is the town
where my parents were born.

5. 2.- Situation and population
Ribadeo is in the north of Lugo, in front of
Asturias and it is next to the Cantabrian Sea.
It is the capital of the “ Mariña Oriental”.
Its population is seven thousand.

6. 3.- History
The town was formed from a primitive nucleus of
Porcillán and Cabanela. It had a wall with defensive
character. Ribadeo received from the hands of
Fernando III Charter Puebla. The county of Ribadeo
definitively settled in the House of Alba.

7. The shield of the town has
waves of sea on which are
found a gold key and a silver
star. The key symbolizes the
entrance to Galicia and the
star its northern situation.
This is in the chapel of Virxe
do Camiño in stone from
1699.

8. 4.- Monuments
The "Torre de los Moreno“ (1905) is in the
center of the town. It is the house of the
brothers Moreno. It is a modern and
neoclassical building.

9. The town hall, it is the old “pazo del
Marqués de sargadelos”

10. Convent of Santa Clara

11. The church dedicated to Santa
Maria do Campo

12. San Damián Castle

13. Ribadeo has many chapels, some houses
emblazoned in the old part and the San Roque
Street with many buildings of the Indian time.

14. 5.- Leisure places
The Cathedrals beach

15. Santa Cruz

16. Porcillan Port

17. Old Port

18. The Pancha island

19. 6.- Economy
• The main economic sectors are trade and
tourism. In the last years, Ribadeo is being very
demanded for the acquisition of second home.
• Ribadeo is the commercial center of an extensive
astur-galician area because it has an open
shopping center and several commercial areas.
• It has a fishing port and a commercial port .
Ribadeo is the most important port between
Ferrol and Gijón.

21. 7.- People from Ribadeo
• El viejo Pancho (José Alonso y Trelles, 1857-1924), important writer
in Uruguay.
• Benito Prieto Coussent (1907-2001), painter, drawer and sculptor.
• Juan Carlos Casariego de Bel(1922-1977), lawyer murdered in
Argentina.
• Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (1926-2008), president of Spain.
• Antonio Barrera de Irimo(1929-2014), minister of finance in 1973
and 1974.
• Suso Peña (1941-2005), painter and drawer.
• Dionisio Gamallo Fierros (1914-2000), Galician writer.
• Ramón Ángel Fernández Docobo (1962-), soccer player in
Compostela and A Coruña.
• Luz Pozo Garza (1922 -), Galician poet.