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Viking Festival of Catoira
Romeria vikinga de Catoira
annual event in Catoira, Spain
Catoira · Spain
When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Founded
- 1961
Where?
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
Details
- Status
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Viking Festival of Catoira is a secular festival which has been celebrated in Catoira, Spain, every first Sunday in August since 1961, in the surroundings of Castellum Honesti, currently known as Torres de Oeste fortress. It is held to commemorate Catoira's role in defending Galicia against the Vikings, who attempted to plunder the treasure held in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and also to reenact the Viking invasions that took place there a thousand years ago.
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