Placeres Beach
Placeres Beach | |
|---|---|
 Placeres beach, Lourizán, Pontevedra | |
  Placeres Beach | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′21″N 8°41′05″W / 42.40583°N 8.68472°W | |
| Location | Pontevedra |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 50 metres (160 ft) |
| • Width | 15 metres (49 ft) |
Placeres Beach or A Posta Beach[1] is a Galician beach located in the Spanish municipality of Pontevedra, in the province of Pontevedra. It is a semi-urban coastal beach 50 metres long.[2][3]
Location and access
[edit]The beach is located in the civil parish of Lourizán, on the left bank of the Ria de Pontevedra, 4 kilometres from the city and less than a kilometre from the Estribela neighbourhood. It lies between the port's shipyards and Cape Los Placeres.[4]
History
[edit]At the end of the 19th century, the social life of Pontevedra during the summer, animated by tourists and holidaymakers, moved to the surrounding beaches, in particular Placeres beach, which was the fashionable beach during the Restoration period and was linked to the city by a tramway.[5]
At the beginning of the 20th century, to the right of the beach at O Cabo point on the Placeres isthmus, the Gran Hotel de Baños de Mar de Los Placeres was opened in 1902, owned by Eugenio Montero Ríos, who welcomed guests and holidaymakers. In 1918, after his death, it was donated by his son Avelino Montero to the nuns of the Sacred Heart and became the College of the Sacred Heart of Placeres.[6][7][8][9][10]
In the spring of 1936, press advertisements focused on hotels, restaurants, bathing establishments and the Placeres beach for tourists, for which the tram service offered travel tickets for 10 round trips at 4.25 pesetas. In the class society of the time, bathing at Placeres beach was a popular summer pastime.[11] Until the mid-twentieth century, the beach had a wild appearance.
On 19 May 1947, planning permission was granted for the construction of a road along the ria de Pontevedra, between Pontevedra and Placeres. The works, which began in 1949 and were completed in 1955, completely altered the area by filling it with embankments, which also affected the beach, which was reduced in size.[12][13][14] In 1969, the road was completed with four lanes of traffic and was inaugurated as a four-lane road on 8 August 1969.[15][16]
On 28 June 2023, the State decommissioned the port beach, which was no longer required for port activities, and incorporated it into the general regime of the maritime-terrestrial public domain.[17]
Description
[edit]This is a virtually straight, flat beach in a semi-urban setting.[3] It is a coastal beach of fine white sand facing the ria de Pontevedra. It is oriented to the north-west.
Situated close to the PO-11 four-lane motorway, this beach with its calm waters offers a view of the ria and the Tambo Island. It has showers and a drinks stand.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "El Concello pone la mirada en la playa de Ponte Sampaio: instala baños y estudia contratar socorristas". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Los vigilantes de la ría". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Playa de Placeres". El Comercio (in Spanish). 1 August 2023.
- ^ "El Puerto se reserva en la lámina de agua de la ría 9.800 hectáreas". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 19 February 2014.
- ^ Fortes Bouzán 2011, p. 434.
- ^ "El Gran Hotel de Baños de Mar de Los Placeres". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Pontevedra en el recuerdo. Placeres aquel paraíso perdido de arena y sal". Faro (in Spanish). 18 March 2021.
- ^ "De hotel balneario a centro examinador de Oxford en un siglo". Faro (in Spanish). 7 August 2018.
- ^ "La historia de los 102 años del Colegio de Placeres en la voz de una de sus primeras alumnas". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 29 November 2021.
- ^ "El Hotel de Los Placeres Montero Ríos promovió su construcción a principios del siglo XX para alojar en verano a gente distinguida". Faro (in Spanish). 16 September 2018.
- ^ Fortes Bouzán 2011, p. 473.
- ^ "Los Placeres, la playa que dilapidó Pontevedra". Faro (in Spanish). 2 September 2018.
- ^ ""Lourizán era la élite del turismo, el equivalente gallego a Santander y San Sebastián"". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Pontevedra y Marín, unidos por una vía a lo largo de la ría". ABC (in Spanish). 10 August 1955.
- ^ "A Avenida de Marín". Pontevedra Viva (in Galician). 15 March 2018.
- ^ "La autovía a Marín que tardó 20 años en llegar". Faro (in Spanish). 28 August 2016.
- ^ "La playa de Placeres ya es de dominio público después de que el Ministerio la desafectase del Puerto". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Página en www.playas.io" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
See also
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Bibliography
[edit]- Fortes Bouzán, Xosé (2011). Pontevedra. Burgo, villa, capital (in Spanish). Brión (A Coruña): Giverny. p. 434; 473. ISBN 978-84-939449-1-9.
