Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in A Coruña, Spain
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4.2 km
98 m
Explore A Coruña in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in A CoruñaSight 1: Domus - Man House
The Domus, formerly known in Spanish as "Casa del Hombre", is a science museum located in A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain. It was inaugurated on April 7, 1995.
Sight 2: Isabel Zendal Gómez
Isabel Zendal Gómez was a Spanish nurse from Galicia who took part in the Balmis Expedition, which took smallpox vaccination to South America and Asia.
Sight 3: The Fine Arts Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts of A Coruña, state-owned and managed transferred to the Ministry of Culture, Education and University of the Xunta de Galicia, is a modern building that sits in the former convent of the Capuchins.
Sight 4: Casares Quiroga House Museum
Santiago Casares y Quiroga was Prime Minister of Spain from 13 May to 19 July 1936.
Sight 5: Porlier
Juan Díaz Porlier, also known as the "Marquesito", was a Spanish military commander active during the Peninsular War.
Sight 6: Igrexa de San Xurxo
Igrexa de San Xurxo (English: Church of Saint George) is a church in A Coruña, Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is built in the baroque style.
Sight 7: Igrexa de San Nicolás
The church of San Nicolao is a baroque -style religious temple located in A Coruña. It is one of the historical parishes of the city of A Coruña, with Santa María, Santiago and San Xurxo.
Sight 8: Vicente Risco
Vicente Martínez Risco Agüero was a Galician intellectual of the 20th century. He was a founder member of Xeración Nós, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature. He is well regarded for his writings on Galician nationalism, as well as a contributor to the Galician New Narrative. He is also the father of Spanish novelist and critic Antonio Risco.
Sight 9: Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
Wenceslao Fernández Flórez was a popular Galician journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the land of his birth.
Sight 10: Galerías da Mariña
A gallery is a constructive element and architectural composition, used in a large part of the northern peninsular, especially in the Galician architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries. In Galician residential bourgeois architecture, it reached its highest degree of development by becoming a fundamental part of residential buildings.
Sight 11: Rosalía de Castro Theatre
The Rosalía de Castro Theatre is a cultural institution in the city of A Coruña, municipally owned, managed by the Municipal Institute Coruña Espectáculos (IMCE) of the City Council of A Coruña and directed by Javier Sabadie Iglesias. It is a scenic representation centre located in the centre of the Herculean city, in the middle of Calle Real and very close to the Plaza de María Pita. It has also been located since May 20, 1994, the Library of the Provincial Council of A Coruña.
Sight 12: Colon Theatre
The Teatro Colón is a scenic performance centre located in the gardens of Méndez Núñez, centre of the city of A Coruña. The Teatro Colón is owned by the Provincial Council of A Coruña and managed by Novacaixagalicia since its reopening in 2006.
Sight 13: Kiosk Afonso
The Quiosco Alfonso, Kiosco Alfonso or Quiosco Afonso is an exhibition hall in the city of A Coruña. It carries out all kinds of exhibitions, artistic, informative, photographic, industrial and graphic design, architectural, holographic, etc... as well as other types of events, such as conferences, round tables, catalogue editions. It is located in the center of the city, in the Gardens of Méndez Núñez
Sight 14: Méndez Núñez Garden
The Gardens of Méndez Núñez are gardens in the city of A Coruña located between the Cantons and the port. They are dedicated to mariner Casto Méndez Núñez, hero of the First Pacific War.
Sight 15: Castelao
Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao, commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party and had a great influence on the renovating group of Galician art known as Os renovadores. Castelao is considered to be the most important figure in Galician culture of the 20th century.
Sight 16: Obelisk
The Obelisk of the Cantons is a monument of the city of A Coruña, located in the street of the Cantón Grande. It was built in 1895 in memory of Aureliano Linares Rivas, deputy, senator and minister of Santiago de Compostela during the regency of Maria Cristina.
Sight 17: Igrexa Castrense de San Andrés
The church of Santo André is a neo-Romanesque style religious temple located in the street of the same name in A Coruña.
Sight 18: Picasso House Museum
The Picasso House Museum is a museum house in A Coruña opened on December 18, 2002. 33 works are reproduced in the museum, of which 4 are by the father and the others were made by the young Picasso during his stay in the Herculean city, the works are integrated into the decoration of the house in the different rooms except in the bedrooms. Among the works exhibited are oils on canvas, oils on wood, pencil and pen drawings, inks, coals and watercolors. In the house that houses the museum resided the painter Pablo Picasso between 1891 and 1895. It is a typical dwelling in the area of the 19th-century widening, and is preserved the same as it was when the Ruiz Picasso family lived with original furniture, objects and appliances and the time. The house is located on the second floor of 14 Paio Gomez Street, in the middle of the city.
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