Viking Festival of Catoira

Viking Festival of Catoira
DateFirst Sunday of August
FrequencyAnnual
VenueTorres de Oeste
LocationsCatoira (Pontevedra), Spain
Inaugurated1961 (1961)
Fiesta of International Tourist Interest
Designated2002

Viking Festival of Catoira (Galician: Romaría viquinga de 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 (West Towers) 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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