Neighbourhood As Veigas
The city planned in the heart of As Pontes and which is the jewel of our industrial heritage.
The new power station built by the National Company Calvo Sotelo (ENCASO) means the arrival of a great number of workers and their families. ENCASO builds a neighbourhood, which will be built in several stages between 1946 and 1962, in order to shelter 1,500 people.
The neighbourhood is designed by the architect Javier G. Lomas and is placed within a project called “Plano General. Poblado y zona de fábrica”. 230 homes are build within an area of 27 ha with facilities for self-sufficiency, such as schools, a medical clinic, a supermarket, a church and sport and leisure facilities, outstanding the social centre Lar and the football field.
The neighbourhood As Veigas is a small city in the heart of As Pontes, and it is also a jewel within our cultural heritage due to its architectural and historical value. It was one of the first cities planned in Galicia. It belongs to the model of industrial and mining parks created in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
The neighbourhood is designed by the architect Javier G. Lomas and is placed within a project called “Plano General. Poblado y zona de fábrica”. 230 homes are build within an area of 27 ha with facilities for self-sufficiency, such as schools, a medical clinic, a supermarket, a church and sport and leisure facilities, outstanding the social centre Lar and the football field.
The neighbourhood As Veigas is a small city in the heart of As Pontes, and it is also a jewel within our cultural heritage due to its architectural and historical value. It was one of the first cities planned in Galicia. It belongs to the model of industrial and mining parks created in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Interpretation Centre “A Mina” (the Mine)
A journey from the origins of the coal mine to the present-day.
Centro Expositivo da Maquinaria Mineira das Pontes "CEMAM" (exhibition of minign machinery)
Machines and human beings together in a space talking about the titanic work of coal mining in As Pontes.
Mill of the Light Factory
The first power station in As Pontes de García Rodríguez.
Neighbourhood A Fraga
A working-class neighbourhood with an European inspiration.
Neighbourhood A Madalena
A working-class neighbourhood with an European inspiration.
Neighbourhood As Veigas
The city planned in the heart of As Pontes and which is the jewel of our industrial heritage.
Neighbourhood O Muíño
A working-class neighbourhood with an European inspiration.
Neighbourhood O Barreiro
A working-class neighbourhood with an European inspiration.
Path Calvo Sotelo
A walk through key spaces in the history of industrialization of As Pontes.
Path of the Memory
A glance to the memory of the places vanished due to the exploitation of the mine, within a beautiful route around the Lake of As Pontes.
Ribeira Reservoir
It was built in 1963 on the River Eume, originally to meet the needs of the As Pontes thermal power station.
Eume Reservoir
A cutting-edge dam. Luciano Yordi's dam design represented a significant step forward in the development of Spanish arch dams (1955)