At home Ferrol, Spain’s shipyard Its shipyards have produced warships that are essential to the Spanish Navy, and over time, theboom in the sector in the city gave rise to companies including Bazán (now Navantia), which continue to be committed to modernising and improv- ing the city’s naval tradition. Furthermore, Ferrol also has a campus belongingto the University of A Coruña, which offers courses including a degree in Naval and Crossed by rivers and streams and just a Ocean Engineering. few kilometres from the Atlantic coast, Forged between steel and the sea, Ferrol Ferrol can be considered the birthplace has managed to maintain its spirit of self-im- of the Spanish shipbuilding industry. Its provement, seeking to diversify its economy strategic location, key from a military point without renouncing its origins, through the of view, has made Ferrol the heart of the development of a range of activities includ- Spanish navy since the 18th century. ing those linked to construction. 40