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Small
fishing harbour, Camelle has seen dozens of shipwrecks
in
its wild and treacherous coast. People from Arou saved lots of men,
risking their own lives in so many catastrophes happened in this
sea.
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Barbeito's
Salvage Station.
 Camelle
and Arou villages, possible viking settlements in the Middle Ages,
have seen more than 50 shipwrecks during the last century. Since 1898,
the Barbeito's Salvage Station was devoted to shipwrecks' scrap
extraction. During a long time, Camelle was reception center for
insurance companies' representatives and consuls from many countries.
The very frecuent shipwrecks in the Costa da
Morte have been sometimes related to a practice known as the
ground piracy. The ground pirates acted mainly in Brittany, Cornwall,
Wales, Galicia and Ireland. By putting lamps in the horns of the cows,
they disoriented the ships, some of  which
shipwrecked and spread along the coast their appreciated shipment.
This is just a romantic myth perhaps originated in written literature.
Most of the people in Camelle and Arou still
remember shipwreck tales and conserve relics of the most celebrated
ones: In Camelle's church, the bell of the English ship City of
Agra reminds us of the disaster where 29 sailors died. People
from Arou saved 32 men, risking their own lives as they have done
in so many catastrophes happened in this sea. People of Camelle have
always helped and even risked their lives in order to help. |
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Camelle
is the starting point to follow the wild coast that takes to the