San Amaro is a municipality in the province of
Ourense
Ourense (; ) is a city and the capital of the province of province of Ourense, Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path o ...
, in the autonomous community of
Galicia,
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. It belongs to the
comarca
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of
O Carballiño
O Carballiño () is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain
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. Its name is a homage to
Saint Amaro
According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim (, , ) was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise. There are two historical figures who may have provided the basis for thi ...
.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Ourense
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