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The natural harbour of Marin stands on a wide bay that runs from Punta Pesqueira to Placeres. Its history as a port can be noted in the traces of Greek-based names and in the Roman milestone (preserved in the Museum of Pontevedra), whose inscription refers to its importance as a sea-route.
A royal estate donated by Queen Urraca to Diego Arias in 1112. This Knight bequeathed all his assets to the Monastery of Osera in 1151, to whom it belonged until the ‘Desamortización’ (expropriation of church lands).
The rise of the Pontevedra estuary as a trade and industry centre took place in the mid 18th Century, when the wealth of its fisheries led to the establishment of numerous salting and preservation plants as well as other sea-based businesses.
During the emigration period, Marin was the starting point for new routes to America. In 1861, the Transatlantic Company opened a direct passenger service to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, on board the “Non Plus Ultra”, on the second day of each month.
Marin has been classified as a First Class Maritime District since 1868, so that numerous European and South American consulates were opened in response to the significance of the trade and emigration traffic here.
In 1883, the town council of Pontevedra requested that the Port of Marin be classed as a Port of General Interest, which it was on 30 August 1886. Soon proceedings were started that were to lead to the promulgation of the Royal Order of 23rd September 1907, by which the Board of Governors of the Port and Estuary of Pontevedra was awarded sole responsibility for the exploitation, conservation and building of the ports of Marin, Bueu, Pontevedra and Sanxenxo, as well as of the stretch of coastline between Punta Campelo on the north bank and Punta Penedo on the south bank.
All of these ports, except for Marin, were to come under the competence of the Galician regional government - Sanxenxo in January 1964 and Bueu and Pontevedra from 1982.
Following the provisions of the State Ports and Merchant Navy Act of 1992, responsibility for the port was awarded to the Port Authority of Marin and Pontevedra Estuary.
The Port Authority central offices were opened in As Corbaceiras, Port of Pontevedra on the 5th March, 1933.
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The wide bay of Marin in the late 19th Century had a hammer-shaped jetty – the Old Eastern Dock – that ran close to the mouth of the river Lameiriña, where most of the fishing community lived
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