Castle
Santa Cruz Castle
Liáns · Oleiros · A Coruña
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
The Castle of Santa Cruz (Galician: Castelo de Santa Cruz) is a castle on an island of the same name in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is located in the town of Porto de Santa Cruz, municipality of Oleiros. The fortress was built in the sixteenth century by General Diego Dasmariñas to improve the defensive system of the bay of A Coruña.
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Facts
What it is Fortress
Also known as CEIDA
Elevation here ≈ 0 m · Terrain Tiles
Nearest town O Porto de Santa Cruz, 365 m away
People in the municipality 38,750 (2025) · IGE
Source PNOA
Getting there
Opening hours Apr-Sep: Mo-Fr 10:00-14:00,17:00-20:00 · Apr-Sep: Sa 11:00-14:00 · Oct-Mar: Mo-Fr 09:00-14:00 · Oct-Mar: Sa 11:00-14:00
Wheelchair Yes
Getting there by bus
- Santa Cruz323 m awayLorbé-Mera-Rialta-Santa Cruz-Teatro Colón · Sada hotel Sada Palace-Santa Cruz-Teatro Colón · Teatro Colón-Carnoedo-Sada (concello) · Pousada 4 Residencia-Santa Cruz-Teatro Colón · Sada (concello)-Carnoedo-Teatro Colón (por Rialta) · Teatro Colón-Santa Cruz-Rialta-Mera
- Santa Cruz329 m awayTeatro Colón-Santa Cruz-Rialta-Mera-A Valexa · Teatro Colón-Santa Cruz-Sada (hotel Sada Palace) · Concello de Sada-Carnoedo-Teatro Colón · Teatro Colón-Santa Cruz-Pousada (residencia) · Concello de Sada-Dexo-Teatro Colón · Mera-Rialta-Santa Cruz-Teatro Colón
- Santa Cruz (gasolineira)446 m awayPousada 4 Residencia-Santa Cruz-Teatro Colón
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 ↗.
