📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Directorate of Youth, Participation and Volunteering (www.xuventude.xunta.es) is a department of the Xunta de Galicia (www.xunta.gal) whose priority is to meet the needs and concerns of the young population living in Galicia, firmly believing that youth has much to contribute to society as a whole. We work to improve the quality of life of young people in our autonomous community, developing actions and programs that benefit them, increase their well-being and allow them to improve their skill.
💼 What the programme involves
The Castro de Viladonga, declared a Site of Cultural Interest by the Xunta de Galicia in 2009, stands out in the landscape of the Terra ChEU in Lugo. The site is a true formal model of a castro characteristic of the northwest, with several walls and moats, which house two antecastros or terraces and a wide central croa. In this main enclosure is where most of the constructions discovered so far are located: houses, corrals and warehouses, some building for social or communal use, etc., all of them grouped together forming sets or "neighborhoods" that are articulated around two streets main walls and a path or ring road parallel to the main wall. The defensive and habitation structures, as well as the very abundant materials that this archaeological site continually provides (and that are selectively exhibited in its annexed museum), show that the Castro de Viladonga had a long-lasting and especially important settlement or occupation above all. between the 2nd and 5th centuries of our era, which makes it a key site to know, study and understand the evolution of the world of the castros and the rural area in the Galician-Roman period. The work to be carried out in this field will consist of close collaboration with the castro s archeological team in the cleaning and consolidation of its archaeological structures.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation in the municipal sports hall of Castro de Riberas de Lea (Castro de Rei, Lugo) conveniently adapted to accommodate volunteers.
📍 About the location
Visit to Praia das Catedrais, the San Cibrao Sea Museum, FuciE o do Porco and Area Beach. Excursion to Lugo, the Cospeito Lagoon and the Pedregal de Irimia (place where the main river of Galicia is born: the MiE o river)
ℹ️ Additional information
The incorporation to the work camp is in the afternoon of the first day and the departure the last day after breakfast. RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT: Cleaning supplies and shower towel. Sleeping bag and backpack for routes. Comfortable shs for mountain and sports shs. Clothing: sportswear (sweatshirts...), swimwear (swimsuit, towel, flip-flops...), warm clothing (suitable clothing to be able to do the job in case of rain or cold), water (rain jacket), work (gloves hat)