Black Flags Against the Privatization of the Coast: the Case of the Vigo Island of Toralla

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“Excuse me, it cannot happen. This is private property.” The phrase, word up, word down, has been repeated daily for decades in the mouth of the security guards guarding the entrance gate of the island of Toralla (Vigo, Pontevedra). Thus all desire to travel the most inaccessible and exclusive island of the Galician coast is slowed down: although the urbanization is private, its perimeter has to be accessible to the public both by the Law of Coa…