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Location:	A Coruña (Torre de Hercules)	by:	Giuseppe Marzulli
Area:	Spain	Date:	29 June 2014

A Coruña (in Galician) or La Coruña (in Spanish) is a busy port located on a promontory in the entrance of an estuary in a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. The city was the political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
From its port in 1588 sailed the "Armada Invencible " of Felipe II. The history showed that the fleet was not invincible ;-).

Torre de Hercules (Tower of Hercules), from where the pano was taken, is an ancient Roman lighthouse.

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Again a masterpiece of Giuseppe. KR Arno

2014/07/12 18:53 , Arno Bruckardt

I am pleased to see such a prominent and exposed place of Europe in such a well presented way.

2014/07/12 21:05 , Jörg Braukmann

The range of your travelling seems to be unlimited. And the illusion of Felipe being invincible seems to bridge from earlier to modern times. Cheers, Martin

2014/07/13 09:32 , Martin Kraus

The "Armada Invencible" of Felipe II always makes me come to mind a poem by Brecht, that I know in Italian, "Lob des Zweifels".
....
Lest die Geschichte und seht
In wilder Flucht die unbesieglichen Heere.
Allenthalben
Stürzen unzerstörbare Festungen ein und
Wenn die auslaufende Armada unzählbar war
Die zurückkehrenden Schiffe
Waren zählbar.
....

2014/07/13 10:20 , Giuseppe Marzulli

Very nice Pano Giuseppe. It made me curious about how this tower looks like. VG.

2014/07/13 12:06 , Hans-Jürgen Bayer

Hello Hans-Jürgen . Maybe in the future we'll see. Meanwhile you can read here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hercules

2014/07/14 00:35 , Giuseppe Marzulli

Splendido, ma è quel finale tutto marino che mi riporta direttamente davanti alla mia "ventana", a Finisterre, con il polpo gallego nel piatto!
Anzi, visto che siamo in vena di citazioni,
... non ancora
tra le rocce che sorgono t'è giunta
la bottiglia dal mare. L'onda, vuota,
si rompe sulla punta, a Finisterre.
Scusa, non c'entrerebbe nulla con il tuo panorama, se non che anche in quello vedo belle rocce che sorgono e onde che si rompono! È il loro mestiere, da quelle parti.

2014/07/14 23:15 , Pedrotti Alberto

Fantastic spot for a Panormic picture!

2014/07/15 16:59 , Sebastian Becher