In my last post, I featured a video from a road trip through Galicia, Spain my ladyfriend Serena and I embarked on last August. One of our first stops was the Castro de Baroña, the excavated site of an old Celtic fortress settlement that was built on a peninsula and inhabited from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.
Castros are ancient, iron-age Celtic fortified settlements found across Galicia, dating from roughly the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD. Characterized by circular stone dwellings within fortified walls, these sites often occupy strategic, elevated, or coastal locations.
We arrived at Castro de Baroña early in the day (around 11am, which is considered early for Galicians in August) with the morning fog lingering in the air, making the castro appear even more mythical. It was like nothing we could have anticipated – an absolutely breathtaking experience (and I don’t use that term lightly). Here’s a short video (but longer than in my recap video) to get better acquainted with this medieval structure…
To see more from our remarkable road trip through Galicia, check out the website of my “other half” Dan Perez Photography, who is creating a series of photography posts from the trip (and yeah, we’re the same person!)
More videos from our trip forthcoming on this site so stay tuned…
