Hórreo (raised granary)
Hórreo de Carnota
Santa Comba de Carnota · Carnota · A Coruña
Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Carnota is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Muros. It has an area of 66.4km2 and a population of 3,780 (2025). It is famed for its majestic hórreo granary, the largest in the world. It has a Baroque style and dates back to 1768. Carnota is also known for its beach that measures over 7km, the longest in the region of Galicia. The location is also home to Mount Pindo.
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Facts
What it is Hórreo galego
Roof Gabled · on staddle stones
Walls Stone
Elevation here ≈ 13 m · Terrain Tiles
Nearest town Carnota, 232 m away
People in the municipality 3,777 (2025) · IGE
Source Catastro
Getting there by bus
- Carnota116 m awaySantiago-Bertamiráns-Noia-Muros-Cee-Fisterra · Santiago-Camiño Novo-O Freixo-Muros-Cee-Fisterra · Santiago-Bertamiráns-Noia-Muros-Cee-Fisterra · Santiago-Noia-Muros-Cee-Fisterra · Santiago-Bertamiráns-Noia-Muros-Cee-Fisterra · Santiago-Bertamiráns-Noia-Muros-Cee
- Carnota117 m awayIES LAMAS DE CASTELO-A GÁNDARA · IES LAMAS DE CASTELO-A GÁNDARA
- CEIP DE CARNOTA274 m awayCARNOTA-PORTOCUBELO · CARNOTA-A GÁNDARA · CEIP de Carnota-As Estañeiras · CARNOTA-PORTOCUBELO · CARNOTA-A GÁNDARA
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 ↗.
