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O Burgo (Pontevedra)
O Burgo (''The Burg'') is a neighbourhood in the city of Pontevedra (Spain). It is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city and is crossed by the Portuguese Way. On its right-hand side is the A Xunqueira area with important educational and cultural facilities. Location O Burgo is a neighbourhood located in the north of the city on the right bank of the Lérez river. Its main axis is the A Coruña Avenue and the Juan Bautista Andrade Street, as well as Compostela Avenue to the right, which separates it from the A Xunqueira area. To the south, the district is bounded by Domingo Fontán Street. History O Burgo, next to the bridge that bears its name and on the banks of the Lérez, has been a strategic point of Pontevedra since the Romans (the Via XIX passed through here), and since the Middle Ages one of the entrances to the city from the north, as well as a crossing point on the Portuguese Way. In the 12th century, the Burgo bridge replaced the old Roman bridge, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is often considered an extension of the actual city. The city is best known for its urban planning, pedestrianisation and the charm of its old town. In recent years, it has been awarded several international awards for its urban quality and quality of life, accessibility and urban mobility policy, like the international European Intermodes Urban Mobility Award in 2013, the 2014 Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development awarded by UN-Habitat in partnership with Dubai Municipality and the Excellence Award of the center for Active Design in New York City in 2015, among others. The city also won the European Commission's first prize for urban safety in 2020. Pontevedra's car-free center helped transform it into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marismas De Alba Natural Park
The Natural Park of the Marismas de Alba, the Alba Marsh or the Xunqueira de Alba (''in Galician''), is a natural park and wetland in the city of Pontevedra in Spain, and one of the few Marshes in the Ria de Pontevedra. It is a park used as a place for walking, cycling and observing the fauna and flora. Location and access The park is located at the mouth of the Rons river in the Lérez river – Ria de Pontevedra in the south of the civil parish of Alba, a few metres from the northern part of the city of Pontevedra. Just cross the Tied-arch bridge, bowstring bridge of the Currents Bridge, Currents to find the entrance to the park, in Domingo Fontán Street. It is bordered to the east by the neighbourhood of A Santiña and the Portuguese Way and to the west by the Autopista AP-9, AP-9 motorway. History There was no idea of how to use the marsh until the end of the 1970s, when, due to the lack of industrial land in the municipality of Pontevedra, it was decided to drain it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods In Spain
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Porreiro (Pontevedra)
Monte Porreiro is a residential area in the city of Pontevedra (Spain). It is the seat of the National University of Distance Education in the province of Pontevedra. The neighbourhood has a health centre, a school and a high school and a parish church since the end of the 20th century, its patron saint being the Good Shepherd. There are also green areas, the most important being the Mirador Park. Location Monte Porreiro is a district located in the north-east of the city. It is bordered to the north and west by the Lérez River, to the east by the Mourente district and to the south by the A Seca district. Etymology The name Monte Porreiro has its origin in the steepness of the terrain of the area. Porreiro comes from ''porro-porrera'' and Monte Porreiro refers to a "mountain with steep slopes". History At the beginning of the 20th century, in 1900, Casimiro Gómez, a wealthy landowner, bought a 70-hectare estate in Monte Porreiro, the former farmhouse of San Antonio Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Town Of Pontevedra
The historic centre of Pontevedra (Spain) is the oldest part of the city. It is the second most important old town in Galicia after Santiago de Compostela, and was declared a historic-artistic complex on 23 February 1951. The historic centre has a wealth of architecture and preserves many remains from the medieval, modern and contemporary periods. Location The historic centre of Pontevedra is bounded mainly by the streets that coincide with the line of the old city wall, its northern part being located on the left bank of the river Lérez that crosses the city. The old town is bounded by Sierra Street to the north, Arzobispo Malvar Street to the east, Michelena Street to the south and Cobián Roffignac and Padre Amoedo streets to the east. The Alameda and the Gran Vía de Montero Ríos with the Ruins of the San Domingo Convent and the official institutional buildings from the end of the 19th century can be considered as an extension of the historic centre to the west. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campolongo (Pontevedra)
Campolongo is a neighbourhood in the city of Pontevedra (Spain). It has a residential, administrative, educational and commercial function. Location The Campolongo neighbourhood is located in the south and southwest of the city of Pontevedra. It is bounded to the north by Augusto García Sanchez Avenue and the Gafos River, to the south by the PO-10, to the east by Alcalde Hevia stret and to the west by Rosalía de Castro street. The northern part of the neighbourhood has many green areas and is currently in the city centre. The Gafos River runs through the neighbourhood. History Until the 1950s, the Pazo de Campolongo, located in Iglesias Vilarelle Street, was surrounded by large fields, which gave the neighbourhood its name (''Campolongo = Long Field''). Then in the 1960s Francisco Franco ordered it to be transferred stone by stone to the Casa de Campo (Madrid). In the 1950s, the area was home to the city's railway station, where the Plaza de Galicia is now located, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontevedra Exhibition Centre
The Pontevedra Exhibition Centre is a complex for events such as exhibitions, fairs and conventions. It is in the Rosalía de Castro Park, near the banks of the Lérez River in Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). History The exhibition centre was built in 1997, on the initiative of the Galician Government, with a modern architecture. It is the work of the architect Manuel de las Casas, who was entrusted with the project as an annex to the Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre. He presented the project that best integrated the two buildings, achieving harmony between the whole complex and the spaces on the banks of the Lérez. The Exhibition Centre was inaugurated on 17 December 1998 and opened to the public with the ''Pomóvil'' Automobile Fair inaugurated by the President of the Xunta de Galicia. The Exhibition Centre was managed from 1998 until 2020 by the autonomous body ''Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones'', on behalf of the City Council of Pontevedra. Facilities The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontevedra Auditorium And Convention Centre
The Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre is a building that hosts conventions, exhibitions, concerts, plays and ballet and dance performances in Pontevedra (Spain). It is located in the northern part of the city, next to the Lérez river and the Tirantes bridge and was designed by the architect Manuel de las Casas. History The construction of the Pontevedra Auditorium and Convention Centre was planned at the beginning of the 1990s as part of an extensive urban planning project for the development of the north-eastern part of the city, on the reclaimed land of an old marsh. The project included the construction of a cable-stayed bridge, the Tirantes Bridge, to serve the auditorium and as an exit from the city to the north, an exhibition centre annexed to the Auditorium in front of the Rosalía de Castro Park, and the development of the banks of the Lérez River and the Island of Sculptures park. The architect Manuel de las Casas won the preliminary design competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Centre
Community centres, community centers, or community halls are public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole community or for a specialized group within the greater community. Community centres can be religious in nature, such as Christian, Islamic, or Jewish community centres, or can be secular, such as youth clubs. Uses The community centres are usually used for: * Celebrations, * Public meetings of the citizens on various issues, * Organising meetings(where politicians or other official leaders come to meet the citizens and ask for their opinions, support or votes ("election campaigning" in democracies, other kinds of requests in non-democracies), * Volunteer activities, * Organising parties, weddings, * Organising local non-government activities, * Passes on and retells local history,etc. Organization and ownership Around the world (and s ... [...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 has at its disposal a vast bureaucratic organization based at Santiago de Compostela, the Galician government capital. The Xunta de Galicia has delegations in the four 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 by 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 consu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuela Oficial De Idiomas
The (EOI) ( en, Official School of Languages) are a nation-wide network of publicly funded language schools in Spain that are found in most substantial towns. They are dedicated to the specialized teaching of modern languages, not just Spanish as a second or foreign language but any modern language for which there is a significant demand. The EOIs are centers that are both funded and managed by the regional education authorities of the various Autonomous communities of Spain, and they are framed within the non-university special regime, which facilitates subsidized or grant-assisted access and support to suitable candidates. Foreign students of all levels of competence are welcome, and may enroll locally at the advertised times (usually in September). However, to ensure suitable placement, prospective students are often required to provide documentary evidence of their level of educational achievement. This should ordinarily be a certificate recognized in their country of origin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro De La Sota (architect)
Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - 14 February 1996) was a Spanish architect. He was born in Pontevedra in Galicia. He graduated from the Technical University of Madrid in 1941 and, from 1956 to 1972 he was a professor there. After graduation, de la Sota continued to live in Madrid, although he maintained links with his native Galicia. He was a promoter of the industrialisation of construction in the 1960s. His Maravillas School gymnasium of 1961 was the first steel-framed building in Madrid. Dora's buildings combine geometric rigor with constructive sincerity and a structural boldness of form that still surprises today. De la Sota received the National Prize of Architecture and the Gold Medal of the Council of Architects. Works * Cruz Gallástegui Building, Galicia Biological Mission (1949) (Pontevedra) * Gobierno Civil (Tarragona) (1956-1963) * Talleres Aeronáuticos TABSA (Madrid) (1957-1958) * (Madrid) (1961) * Block of houses (Salamanca) (1963) * César ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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