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Taboada Dos Freires
Taboada is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Chantada. Taboada is a natural entry to the Ribeira Sacra. With a population of around 2700, distributed in 27 parishes, Taboada occupies an area of 146.67 square km, bordering with Antas de Ulla, Monterroso, Portomarín, Paradela, O Saviñao O Saviñao () is a Concello (council) in the province of Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia belonging to the district of Terra de Lemos. The main town for the council is Escairón. Situation The municipality O Saviñao is located in the Ribeira ..., Chantada (the capital city of the comarca) and Rodeiro. References Municipalities in the Province of Lugo {{Galicia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality (, , , , , )In other languages of Spain: *Catalan language, Catalan/Valencian (), grammatical number, sing. . *Galician language, Galician () or (), grammatical number, sing. /. *Basque language, Basque (), grammatical number, sing. . *Asturian language, Asturian (), grammatical number, sing. . is one of the two fundamental territorial divisions in Spain, the other being the Provinces of Spain, provinces. Organisation Although provinces of Spain, provinces are groupings of municipality, municipalities, there is no implied hierarchy or primacy of one over the other. Instead the two entities are defined according to the authority or jurisdiction of each (). Some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas of Spain, comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). The governing body in most municipalities is called ''Ayuntamiento (Spain), ayuntamiento'' (municipal council or municipal corporation, corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialists' Party Of Galicia
The Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE; , ) is a centre-left political party in Galicia, Spain. It is the Galician affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). It defines itself as a Galicianist, social-democratic Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, socia ... party. Electoral performance Parliament of Galicia Cortes Generales European Parliament Former logos Logo PSdeG-PSOE, 1981-2001.svg, 1981–2001 Notes References External links ;Official *Xuventudes Socialistas Galicia Political parties with year of establishment missing Social democratic parties in Spain Socialist parties in Galicia (Spain) Long stubs with short prose {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantada
Chantada, is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Chantada is situated on the left bank of the Río Asma, a small right-hand tributary of the Minho (river), Minho river, and on the main road from Ourense, 29 km S. by W., to Lugo, 45 km N. by E. Chantada is the chief town of the fertile region between the Minho and the heights of O Faro, which mark the western border of the province. Despite the lack of railway communication, it has a thriving trade in grain, flax, hemp, and dairy produce. History Prehistory To study the history of Chantada, we must be go back to the days of the prehistoric Castros (Spain), castros that had a large presence in the municipality. The castro configuration is still visible on the architecture of the castles of Líncora, Centulle, San Sebastián, Nogueira, Moreda and Castro Candaz. Several monuments were erected over castros in the area, like the monastery of San Salvador de Asma, the fortress of Padern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Saviñao
O Saviñao () is a Concello (council) in the province of Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia belonging to the district of Terra de Lemos. The main town for the council is Escairón. Situation The municipality O Saviñao is located in the Ribeira Sacra, in the District of Terra de Lemos, located in the southern part of the province of Lugo, bordered by the municipalities of Paradela (Galicia), Pardela and Taboada to the north, Pantón to the south and east, Monforte de Lemos and Vault and west Taboada and Chantada. The average altitude is 600 meters above sea level, crossing the area are the rivers Río Sardiñeira, Rio Saviñao, Rio Pez, Rio Barrantes and Rio Porriño. The river Minho (river), Miño is the longest river in Galicia and forms the western boundary of the councils area. The council consist of 29 parishes, its capital, Escairón, with approximately one thousand inhabitants, the second town is Currelos, the economy of the town is mainly agricultural, also has dairies, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradela, Lugo
Paradela is a municipality in Lugo (province), Lugo province in Galicia (Spain), Galicia in north-west Spain. It is situated in the region of Sarria. There were 2,193 people living in Paradela as of 2008 (1,101 men and 1,092 women). It is known for the connection it has with the Way of St. James. The French route of such a way, ending in Santiago de Compostela, passes through five parishes of Paradela: Ferreiros, Francos, Laxe, Cortes and Loio. Etymology The name Paradela comes from the diminutive of the Latin word ''parata'', which can be translated as hostal, or near the end of the journey. Parishes Here is a list of all parishes within Paradela, each having their own saint shown in brackets. *Aldosende (Santiago) *Andreade (Santiago) *Barán (San Pedro) *Castro (San Mamede) *Castro de Rei de Lemos (Santa María) *As Cortes (San Salvador) *Ferreiros (Santa María) *Francos (Santa María) *A Laxe (Santiago) *Loio (San Xoán) *Paradela (San Miguel) *San Facundo de Ribas de Miño ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portomarín
Portomarín is a municipality in the province Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Lugo. The town has a population of 1345 (Spanish 2023 Census) and an area of 115 km². It is one of the towns in the pilgrimage route known as the French Way, part of the Camino de Santiago The Camino de Santiago (, ; ), or the Way of St. James in English, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tra .... The town of Portomarín was built next to a Roman bridge over the Miño River and rebuilt during the Middle Ages. New village In the 1960s the Miño River was dammed to create the Belesar reservoir, putting the old village of Portomarín under water. The most historic buildings of the town were moved brick by brick and reconstructed in the new town, including its castle-style main church: Church of San J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterroso
Monterroso is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Ulloa. History Monterroso was the seat of an important ''tenencia'' in medieval Galicia. Among its known tenants were: * Suero Vermúdez (''c''.1100) * Gutierre Vermúdez (1112) *Munio Peláez (1112–16) *Fernando Pérez de Traba (1140–53) * Gonzalo Fernández de Traba (1157–60), son of the former *Fernando González de Traba (1160–63) * Rodrigo Álvarez (1168) * Gómez González de Traba (1170–73), first time *Gómez González de Manzanedo Gómez González de Manzanedo (died 12 October 1182) was a Castilian magnate who governed Calahorra and defended the border with Navarre in the 1150s and 1160s. He spent three periods in the neighbouring Kingdom of León. Gómez's parentage is u ... (1173) * Gómez González de Traba (1189–1200), second time References External links * Municipalities in the Province of Lugo {{Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antas De Ulla
Antas de Ulla (), is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It begins in the territory of the Ulla river, which marks the boundaries of the municipality with the neighboring municipalities of Monterroso and Palas de Rey, municipalities with which make up the comarca of A Ulloa A Ulloa is a comarca in the province of Lugo, Galicia, in northwestern Spain. Notable places The municipalities in A Ulloa are Antas de Ulla (capital), Monterroso, and Palas de Rei. It is home to the Special Zone of Conservation Serra do Car .... Location It is 45 kilometers from the capital of the province, connecting it through the national highway (LU-640) that unites Vegadeo with Pontevedra. The municipality of Antas de Ulla is marked by the Sierra del Monte Farelo (to the south) and the Ulla river, which originates in its territory and runs south–north-west. This configuration provides orographic Antas de Ulla a wealth of hunting and fishing of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribeira Sacra (DO)
Ribeira Sacra is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (''Denominación de Orixe Protexida'' in Galician) for wines located in the south of the province of Lugo and in the north of the province of Ourense, in Galicia, Spain. It extends over the territories of 20 different municipalities that make up a zone also called ''Ribeira Sacra'', which could be translated as "''Sacred Riverbank''". Vineyards are planted on the steep slopes of the valleys and canyons of the rivers Miño and Sil. The area acquired official Denominación de Origen status in 1996. The region is known for red wines produced from Mencía and other grapes such as Merenzao and Brancellao, as well as white wines made from Godello, Albariño and Dona Branca. Etymology The term "Rivoira Sacrata" first appeared in the writings of Brother Antonio Yepes, who mentioned the name in his General Chronicle of the Order of Saint Benedict, written at the beginning of the 17th century. Yepes transcribed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia ( ; or ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain and nationalities and regions of Spain, historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of Spain, provinces of La Coruña (province), A Coruña, Lugo (province), Lugo, Ourense (province), Ourense, and Pontevedra (province), Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,705,833 in 2024 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons Island, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcalde
''Alcalde'' (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and Administration (government), administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor (position), corregidor, the presiding officer of the Crown of Castile, Castilian ''Cabildo (council), cabildo'' (the municipal council) and judge of first instance of a town. ''Alcaldes'' were elected annually, without the right to reelection for two or three years, by the ''regidores'' (council members) of the municipal council. The office of the ''alcalde'' was signified by a staff of office, which they were to take with them when doing their business. A woman who holds the office is termed an ''alcaldesa''. In New Spain (Mexico), ''alcaldes mayores'' were chief administrators in colonial-era administrative territories termed ''alcaldías mayores''; in colonial-era Peru the units were called ''corregimientos''. ''Alcalde'' was also a title given to Indigenous peoples of the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autonomous Communities Of Spain
The autonomous communities () are the first-level political divisions of Spain, administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Constitution of Spain, Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions of Spain, nationalities and regions that make up Spain. There are 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla) that are collectively known as "autonomies". The two autonomous cities have the right to become autonomous communities. The autonomous communities exercise their right to self-government within the limits set forth in the constitution and Organic Law (Spain), organic laws known as Statute of Autonomy, Statutes of Autonomy, which broadly define the powers that they assume. Each statute sets out the devolved powers () for each community; typically those communities with stronger local nationalism have more powers, and this type of devolution has been called ''asymmetric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
