The Reconquista

The Peninsular War was one of the bloodiest events in Spain’s history, and Vigo became yet another battleground in the fight against Napoleon… Do you think you can solve all the challenges and drive the French invaders out of the citadel? Download and play Street SKP starting from Praza Porta do Sol, and passing through the gardens of the Alameda da Praza da Compostela, or the Puerta de Gamboa where Carolo used his famous axe, among other monuments of the Historic Centre. A walk full of curiosities in which we tell you about some of the real locations where the Reconquest took place — the battle between Spanish soldiers and the French army that determined the recovery of Vigo: the first Spanish city to be freed from the invaders.