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Castle Of Monterrey
The Castle of Monterrey is a 15th-century castle at Monterrei, in Ourense, Galicia. It is located at what was then a strategic point on the frontier between the kingdoms of Galicia and Portugal."Castillo de Monterrey". Universidade da Coruna. Retrieved 9 June 2023. It is now a hotel, part of the network of Paradores de Turismo de España. History Although Alfonso IX of León had built a fortress, in 1223, over the ruins of an old "Castro de Baronceli", re-naming it "Monte Rey" (King's Hill), his feud with the local monks, part of his feud with Pope Celestine III, led to it being demolished shortly thereafter. In 1262, his grandson, Alfonso X of Castile, also known as Alfonso the Wise, managed to establish a castle there. The buildings of the current castle date back to Sancho Sánchez de Ulloa (1442–1505), 1st Count of Monterrey, who built the 22-metre high keep, the "Torre de Don Sancho", in 1482, although the castle's other keep, the "Torre das Damas" (19 metres), was po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradores
Paradores de Turismo de España , branded as Paradores, is a Spanish State-owned enterprise, state-owned chain of luxury hotels that are usually located in historic buildings or in nature areas with a special appeal. Its first parador was inaugurated on 9 October 1928 in Navarredonda de Gredos (Province of Ávila, Ávila). As of 2025, it operates ninety-eight paradores in Spain and one in Portugal, with 6,010 rooms in total. Every parador has its own restaurant offering the Spanish cuisine#Spanish regional variation, regional gastronomy of its area. The company was created with the double objective of promoting tourism in Spain, tourism in areas that lacked adequate accommodations, and of putting unused large historic buildings to use, for the maintenance of the national heritage. Along its history, the establishments of its network have been branded as ''Parador'', ''Parador Nacional'', ''Parador de Turismo'' or ''Parador Nacional de Turismo'' in different times. A Portugal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tui, Pontevedra
Tui (; ) is a municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. It is located in the ''comarca'' of O Baixo Miño on the right bank of the Miño River, facing the Portugal, Portuguese town of Valença, Portugal, Valença. The municipality of Tui is composed of 11 parishes: Randufe, Malvas, Pexegueiro, Areas, Pazos de Reis, Rebordáns, Ribadelouro, Guillarei, Paramos, Baldráns and Caldelas. Two bridges connect Tui and Valença: Tui International Bridge (known in Portugal as ''Valença International Bridge'' or "Friendship Bridge"), completed in 1878 under the direction of Pelayo Mancebo, and a modern one from the 1990s. Both Portugal and Spain being signatories of the Schengen Treaty, there are normally no formalities in crossing what is the busiest border-point in northern Portugal. History Prehistory The Tui area was inhabited since prehistoric times. Evidence of this are the sites found during co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castles In Galicia (Spain)
The castles in Spain were built mainly for Spain, the country's defense, particularly with respect to fortification. During the Middle Ages, northern Christian kingdoms had to secure their borders with their Muslim southern neighbours, thus forcing both Christian and Muslim kings to grant border fiefs to their Homage (feudal), liege noblemen so as to keep and maintain defensive fortresses. When the Reconquista advanced, those border castles lost their initial purpose, and, as in the rest of medieval Europe, they were used as noble residences and fief-keeps. Sporadic threats of war maintained their initial military purposes as enemy invasions were common. In some locations, such as the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque country, fiefdoms did not exist as such, and noble families could not afford nor did they need huge fortresses, giving rise to many tower houses. In Muslim Spain many castle-palaces were built: the petty ''taifa'' kingdoms that arose after the fall of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Región
is a daily newspaper in the city and province of Ourense, in the Southeastern part of Galicia, an autonomous community (region) of Spain. Founded in 1910, most of its stock still belongs to the founding Outeiriño family. As a daily newspaper has no specific competitor in Ourense, but a number of Galician newspapers are distributed in Ourense and seen as competitors to . prints about 13000 copies per day on average according to OJD, Spain's main news distribution auditors. 's publisher is La Región S.A., a Spanish company. , together with Ourense's local television company Telemiño and Atlántico Diario, a newspaper in Vigo, make up the Grupo La Región conglomerate. Also published by this group is , a newspaper launched in 1966 as millions of Spaniards emigrated. has since then been circulated among non-resident Spaniards only. Contrary to , does not especially inform on Ourense or Galicia as it is targeted to non-resident Spaniards of any regional origin. Another newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and '' ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Court Of Justice Of Galicia
The High Court of Justice of Galicia () is the highest body and last judicial instance in the Galician jurisdiction, integrating the Spanish judiciary. Together with the Parliament of Galicia (legislative branch) and the Galician Government (executive branch), the TSXG is one of the three main institutions representing Galicia's self-government, as established and regulated by the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981. The TSXG regulates the functions of the judges and looks over the different provincial courts. The TSXG is the final appellate court in Galician territory, notwithstanding the right of a citizen to appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court and/or the European Court of Justice. The TSXG was created on 23 March 1989 with the Organic Law of Judicial Authority (), as part of the process of devolution to Galicia from the Spanish government, started in 1979. Its headquarters are located at the Pazo do Xustiza, A Coruña. Composition Organization The High Court of Justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Voz De Galicia
''La Voz de Galicia'' () is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is the newspaper with the highest circulation in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation of the general-interest daily newspaper in Spain. It is written primarily in Spanish with Galician used in the cultural and opinion sections. The newspaper was founded in 1882 by Juan Fernández Latorre and is published in A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ..., Galicia. The paper has a digital version available in Spanish and Galician. However, the latter version is an automatic translation, whilst the original articles are written exclusively in Spanish. HistoryIn 1993, the circulation of ''La Voz'' was 107,446 copies. The paper had a circulation of 111,000 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xunta De Galicia
The Xunta de Galicia (; "Regional Government of Galicia") is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-president(s) and the specialized ministers (''Conselleiros''). The Xunta is based at Santiago de Compostela, the Galician government capital. The Xunta de Galicia has delegations in the four provincial capital cities of Galicia: A Coruña, Pontevedra, Ourense and Lugo. Legal basis Article 16, Section 2 of the Galician Statute of Autonomy states that History The Xunta de Galicia finds its origins in the Xunta of the Kingdom of Galicia active between 1528 and 1833. The Xunta was Galicia's representation to the central Spanish monarchy. The Xunta was composed of representatives from the cities (dioceses) of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Betanzos, A Coruña, Mondoñedo, Ourense, and Tui. But at that time, the Xunta did not hold real power; it was a consultative body only. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Oman
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British Military history, military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Early life Oman was born in Muzaffarpur district, India, the son of a British planter, and was educated at Winchester College and at the University of Oxford, where he studied under William Stubbs. Here, he was invited to become a founding member of the Stubbs Society, which was under Stubbs's patronage. Career In 1881 he was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, where he remained for the rest of his academic career. He was elected the Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1905, in succession to Montagu Burrows. He was also elected to the British Academy, FBA that year, and served as president of the Royal Historical Society (1917–1921), the Numismatic Society and the Royal Archaeological Institute. Among hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Chaves
The siege of Chaves refers to the France, French siege and capture of Fort São Francisco of Chaves, Fort São Francisco and the town of Chaves (Portugal), Chaves, Portugal from 10 to 12 March 1809, and the subsequent siege and recapture of the fort by Portugal, Portuguese forces from 21 to 25 March 1809, during the second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War. French invasions (1807-1811) Portugal suffered three invasions by French forces during the Peninsular War. The northern region of Trás-os-Montes Province, Trás-os-Montes, as all the country, had succumbed to the Napoleonic regency of Jean-Andoche Junot. As soon as news came of the disembarkation of the British in Estremadura Province (historical), Portuguese Estremadura, the rebellion broke out. Bragança Municipality, Bragança, and soon after Chaves (Portugal), Chaves, proclaimed liberation. Napoleon, worried about what was happening in Spain and upset with the failure of the expedition of his forces, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
