Chipiona

Chipiona Fishing Weirs

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The Chipiona Fishing Weirs are enclosed areas surrounded by a wall of porous stone. These were built by hand and distributed along the Cádiz coastline, forming a unique landscape, legacy of a rural fishing culture many centuries old, presumably Roman or Arabic.

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The Chipiona Fishing Weirs are enclosed areas surrounded by a wall of porous stone. These were built by hand and distributed along the Cádiz coastline. They form a unique landscape, legacy of a rural fishing culture many centuries old. It was presumably Roman or Arabic.

The stones are joined by a marine conglomeration, ostiones (a genus of oyster – Crassotrea), seaweed and barnacles which act as natural cement. There are several in Chipiona, each with its own name. Corrales de Montijo; La Longuera, on El Muelle Beach; those of Trapillo, Cabito and Nuevo in Las Canteras Beach. The ones from Mariño, Canaleta del Diablo, Chico and Hondo between the beaches of Camarón and Tres Piedras.

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Un entorno muy particular, por su belleza y por su historia. Preciosa de verdad la vista de estos corrales desde el paseo marítimo, a lo largo del cual hay paneles explicativos sobre este antiquísimo arte de pesca. Para verlos al completo la marea tiene que estar baja, pero cuando ha subido un poco y sólo quedan ya al descubierto las barreras más altas, también es especialmente bonito.

Carmen Manzorro Cabeza