ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF MOUNT PENIDE OR MOUNT MIRALLO

Monte Penide/Monte Mirallo is located on the southern bank of the ría (coastal inlet formed by drowned river valley) of Vigo, in the south-east of the Municipality of Redondela. It forms part of a small, low, mountain chain, whose highest peaks (i.e. Monte Penide; Trasmañó) only reach 450m. It also lies at the northern end of the mountainous dorsal that surrounds the valley of Fragoso in the form of peneplains. Along with the mountain of Vixiador, Monte Penide marks the endpoint of natural communication routes that link the peaks of this dorsal, with these paths then descending to the coast. This flat land is also the location of a natural pass between the Valley of Fragoso, where the city of Vigo lies today, and the depression of the river Albedosa (Redondela).

The area of the Rias Baixas is characterised by the wealth and diversity of its prehistoric sites, and among these the open-air rock engravings are the most important and emblematic archaeological evidence.