Fountain
A Porta do Atlántico
Vigo · Pontevedra · 51 m · 1991
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Sculpture in Vigo (Spain), 51 m above sea level, 564 m from the Caminho Português de Santiago.
A Porta do Atlántico é un monumento obra do artista ponteareán Silverio Rivas de 1990 situado na Praza de América, no barrio das Travesas da cidade de Vigo.
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Facts
What it is Sculpture
Made by Silverio Rivas
Walls Granite · Rosa Porriño
Height 13.85 m
Elevation 51 m
Nearest town Pereiró, 1.2 km away
Way of St James Caminho Português de Santiago, 564 m away
People in the municipality 295,735 (2025) · IGE
Getting there by bus
- Praza de América 354 m awaySantiago (por San Lázaro)-Pontevedra-Vigo (por AP-9)(X) · Santiago (por San Lázaro)-Pontevedra-Vigo (por AP-9)(X)
- Praza As Travesas81 m awaySantiago-Padrón-Caldas-A Xunqueira-Vigo · A Xunqueira-Vigo
- Povisa671 m awayBaiona-Ramallosa-Mallón-Nigrán-Coruxo-Vigo E.I. · Gondomar E.A.-Ramallosa-Lourido-Panxón-Canido-Vigo E.I. · Baiona-Ramallosa-Lourido-Panxón-Canido-Vigo E.I. · Baiona-Ramallosa-Camos-Nigrán-Coruxo-Vigo E.I. · Maceiras-Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro · A Guarda-Oia-Baiona-Nigrán-Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro-Povisa-Vigo E.I.
Stops on the regional public transport network. A stop being there does not mean a bus runs today: the lines are sorted by how many services they run, and the timetables are on bus.gal ↗.
Nearby
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Casa Torre de Ceta y ArinesPazo (Galician manor)