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Autovía A-52
The A-52 is a highway in northwestern Spain. It starts at Vigo heads east from the town crossing the Autopista AP-9 and then the N-550 (Carretera), N-550/Autovía A-55. It then goes over the Rio Tea running parallel to the N-120 (Carretera), N-120 and along the Rio Miño. At Ourense the road turns south out of the valley in conjunction with the N-525 (Carretera), N-525. It passes over the Alto de Allariz (725m) and Alto de Estivadas (900m). At Verín the N-532 heads 13 km south to the Portugal frontier where it becomes the E-801/A-24/IP-3. The road runs to the north of the Sierra de Peñas Libras and over the Alto de Fumaces (850m). The Peña Nofre (1,291m) lies to the north. The road heads east over the Alto do Canizo (1,035m) into the Valle de Sanabria overlooked by the Sierra la Cabrera rising to 2,044m at Mt Moncalvo. The road then heads along the Rio Tera which is dammed into a series of reservoirs. At Benavente the Rios Esla and Orbigo converge. There is a j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benavente, Zamora
Benavente is a town and municipality in the north of the province of Zamora , in the autonomous community Castile and León of Spain. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. Located north of the capital on an important communications hub, it was repopulated by King Ferdinand II of León, who also awarded it law-codes (a ''fuero'') in 1167. It was originally known as ''Malgrat'' or ''Malgrado''. Location Benavente is located in the North of Province of Zamora, in the North-West of Spain. It is 65 km away from Zamora City and 260 km from Madrid and its coordinates are 42° 0' N 5° 41' W. The adjacent municipalities of Benavente are Villanueva de Azoague, Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, Villabrázaro, San Cristóbal de Entreviñas, Castrogonzalo, Santa Colomba de las Monjas and Arcos de la Polvorosa, all of them belonging to Province of Zamora. Transport Roads and Highways Benavente is connected to the national road network through dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense
Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by the Minho (river), Miño, Barbaña, Loña and Barbañica rivers. It is also known as ''A cidade das Burgas'' (in Galician) due to its hot springs, being one of the European cities with the greatest thermal heritage. Population Its population of 105,233 (2019) accounts for 34.2% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia. Its metropolitan area has a population that exceeds 140,000. In 2019 there were 14,171 foreigners living in the city, representing 13.5% of the total population. The main nationalities are Portuguese people, Portuguese (31.8%), Venezuelans (11.2%) and Romanians (7.9%). By language, according to 2018 data, 32.3% of the population always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Galicia (Spain)
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanabria (comarca)
Sanabria (, ''A Seabra'' in the Galician language, ''Senabria'' in Leonese language) is a ''comarca'' in the northwest of the province of Zamora, western Spain. It borders Portugal to the south, Orense to the west and León to the north. It belongs to the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León. Overview The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja forms a natural boundary with Leon Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda and Tierra del Pan are to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake (''Lago de Sanabria''), the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria. The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Carballeda
La Carballeda () is a ''comarca'' located in the northwest of the province of Zamora, Castilla y León, western Spain. Its area is 1,216.54 km². Despite of the strong identity of its inhabitants, this historical region has not been able to achieve the necessary legal recognition for its administrative development. Therefore its municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in mancomunidad, the only legal formula that has allowed the region to manage its public municipal resources meaningfully. The capital of the province is Mombuey and the most populated town is Villardeciervos, even though its population is only 491. The name 'La Carballeda' originated in the great number of ''Quercus robur'' oaks, locally known as ''carballos'', in the comarca. The Sierra de la Culebra mountain range, one of the few areas in Western Europe having a sizeable population of wild wolves, is located in the southwest of the comarca. Municipalities Some of the villages included in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamora, Spain
Zamora () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital of the province of Zamora. The city straddles the Duero river. With its 24 characteristic Romanesque style churches of the 12th and 13th centuries it has been called a "museum of Romanesque art". Zamora is the city with the most Romanesque churches in all of Europe. The most important celebration in Zamora is the Holy Week. Zamora is part of the natural ''comarca'' of Tierra del Pan and it is the head of the judicial district of Zamora. History The city was founded early in the Bronze Age and was later occupied during the Iron Age by the Celtic people of the Vacceos who called it Ocalam. After the Roman victory over the Lusitanian hero Viriathus the settlement was named by the Romans ''Occelum Durii'' or '' Ocellodurum'' (literally, "Eye of the Duero"). During Roman rule it was in the hands of the Vaccaei, and was incorporated into the Roman province of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-VI
The N-VI is a major highway in Spain. It connects Madrid to A Coruña. It has generally been up-graded or replaced by the Autovía A-6. It passes via Tordesillas, Ponferrada and Lugo Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Carretera Nacional N-Vi N-VI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-66
The Autovía A-66 is a major highway in western Spain, part of the European route E803. The road is an upgrade of the N-630 which is being undertaken section by section. The route roughly corresponds to the ancient Roman ' Silver Route' connecting the cities of Mérida and Astorga. The final section of road south of Benavente is under construction as of October 2013 with completion anticipated in 2015. Route Autovía A-66 starts at Seville with a junction with the Autovía A-49. It heads north through the wooded ''Sierra Morena'' and passes over the ''Puerto de las Marismas''. It then crosses from Andalucia into Extremadura. It heads through the town of Zafra on the way to Mérida crossing the ''Tierra de Barros''. It ends in a junction with the Autovía A-5. North of Mérida the road crosses the ''Sierra de San Pedro'' to the town and world heritage site of Cáceres. Then the road crosses the Tajo and Almonte rivers. The road heads north east as it enters the ''Sierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-6
The Autovía A-6 or Autopista AP-6 (also called ''Autovía del Noroeste'') ( gl, Autovía do Noroeste) is a Spanish autovía and autopista route that starts in Madrid and ends in Arteixo (A Coruña). The tolled Autopista AP-6, from Villalba to Adanero, has a total length of 72.19 km. It includes one of the most important engineering works in the whole motorway, a tri-tube tunnel under the Sierra de Guadarrama. Sections Major cities crossed *Madrid *Collado Villalba *Medina del Campo *Tordesillas * Benavente * Astorga *Ponferrada * Lugo *Betanzos *A Coruña *Arteixo Arteixo () is a municipality in the Province of A Coruña, part of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. Its area is 93.76 km2 and its population is 31,005 (2013). Its population density is 317.43 people/km2. It is an i ... External linksAutopista AP-6 Concessionaire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-525 (Carretera)
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N-120 (Carretera)
The N-120 is a highway in northern Spain. It goes from Vigo to the Ebro Valley. Starting on the Rías Bajas at Vigo, the city is connected on the Autopista AP-9, the Autovía A-57, Autovía A-55 and N-550. The N-120 heads east into the Sierra del Suido past the Mondariz Baneario and the Puerto de Fontefría (790m). Most traffic now takes the Autovía A-52, both roads enter the valley of Rio Miño to Ourense. The A-52 heads south with the N-525. The river heads north east along the valley past the Cañón del Sil before leaving the valley to the east past Monforte de Lemos and then back into the Rio Sil valley which passes the southern end of the Cordillera Cantábrica and the towns of La Rúa and Barco de Valdeorras. 13 km west of Ponferrada, the road meets and becomes the Autovía A-6. The road passes through the Montes de León by the Puerto de Manzanal (1,221m). The N-VI runs parallel to the road. At Astorga the N-120 branches east to León alongside the Autopist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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