Here, in the popular downtown square known as Ara Solis, you will find the Baroque chapel "Do Bo Suceso" (of Good Events), built in 1743. It is located within the historic area of Finisterre, listed as a historic site in 1990.
Select one of the topics below to learn more about the town of Finisterre. Then visit the temple during its opening hours and look for the Greek cross in the chancel.
One cannot speak about the history of Galicia without referring to the history of emigration as well. The same applies to Finisterre.
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Alexandre de Fisterra, pseudonym of Alexandre Campos Ramirez, was born here in 1919. The son of the lighthouse’s radio operator, he was a poet,...
Carnival is known in Galician as Entroido, meaning Lent’s "entry”, a time of subversion and role changing. Finisterre’s is the Costa da Morte’...