DUMBRIA
Marriage of the river Xallas and the Atlantic Ocean
 
 
 
 
After a beautiful trip by the Pindo canyon, the river Xallas
melts in the Atlantic Ocean in impressive natural sites. 
 
Mythical Dumbria battlefield 
 
The placename Dumbria denotes the existence of an important settlement in the area, as the old Galician Celtic language word Dunn indicates. Benito Vicetto points out in Dumbria, in his Historia de Galicia of 1865, the mythological battle between Celtigo and Noerio, first Galicians' chieftains. The fight was sung and exalted by Bard Eduardo Pondal:   
 
Intrepidos galegos,
que desde antigos dias
sobre a frente levades
a estrela vespertina,
se queredes ser fortes
nas epicas porfias,
lembradevos do rudo
combate de Dumbria.
Aos vosos nobres fillos,
relembre noite e dias
os feitos denodados
da vosa xente antiga ;
recordade decote
os seus feitos i ousadias,
recordade o famoso
combate de Dumbria.
 
Intrepid Galician, 
that from old days 
on your head you have 
the morning star, 
if you want to be strong 
in the epic wars, 
remember the rude 
battle of Dumbria. 
To your noble children, 
remind them night and day 
the glorious acts 
of your ancestors; 
remind them again 
their acts and audacities, 
remember the famous 
battle of Dumbria.
 
 
 
End of the river Xallas 

The baroque Buxantes' church (whose tower was built by the same author of the Clock Tower's in Santiago's Cathedral) is the beginning of the road that follows the river Xallas, coming from Mazaricos and Santa Comba, to its spectacular encounter with the Atlantic Ocean.   
   
At the foot of the Monte Pindo's granitic rocks, the small village of Santa Uxia precedes a panoramic point from where it is enjoyed one of the nicest landscapes in the Lands' End: the dammed Xallas, the Pindo mountains, and the union of the river with the sea.   
   
Finally, the river Xallas melts in the Atlantic Ocean in a fall of 100 mts., and is a unique natural scene in Europe, described by Father Sarmiento in its Viaje a Galicia in 1745. The titanic waterfall, which has carved a 16 mts. deep hole, and can only be seen in rare occasions when Santa Uxia water reservoir doors are open.

More information (Council of Dumbria) :  
Concello de Dumbria : Lugar de Dumbria / +34 981 74 40 01