San Francisco Xabier School

We live in A Coruña, (Galicia) North West of Spain. The “finisterrae” between the Romans.

Our city is beautiful

We have wonderful beaches

Interesting museums (The house of fishes, The house of Mankind, The house of Sciences, Archaeological Museum...)

The Opera Palace and The Town Hall

Galician Flag and the coat arms of our city.

The Tower of Hércules is the most ancient lighthouse in the world that still works. It is in the coat of arms of our city with the shells that are the symbols of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

This is Riazor Stadium the field of Deportivo, our football team

We have our own language (Galician) and a culture with roots in ancient

Celts (as Ireland, Scotland…)

We have beautiful landscapes and quiet places.

We have traditional crafts and pottery.

Archaeological ruins in Galicia

Next to A Coruña is Santiago de Compostela, a very famous place of religious pilgrimages.

Galicia has tasty seafood and special recipes as “empanada”.

An original painter from our city: Lugrís

This is a drawing of our city. The author is Ivan (a student of our

school)