Redondela is a town in the
province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, ...
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Galicia, northwestern
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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. The most famous icons of the village are its two major railway viaducts built in the nineteenth century. Due to these infrastructures Redondela is known under the nickname "Village of the viaducts." The town lies on
the Portuguese Way
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path of the
Camino de Santiago
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The municipality has an area of 51.9 km2 (20.0 sq mi) and has a population of 29,192 in 2021.
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Cedeira
Cedeira is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is situated in the northern coast of the Rías Altas. Cedeira has a population of 7,412 inhabitants ( INE, 2010).
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Cesantes
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Chapela
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Negros
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Quintela
Quintela () is a civil parish in the municipality of Sernancelhe
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The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, el ...
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Reboreda
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Saxamonde
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Trasmañó
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Ventosela
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Vilar de Infesta
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O Viso
Verne Monument
The Town has a large monument to
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
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See also
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Ignacio Ramonet
Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde diplomatiq ...
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Battle of Vigo Bay
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Mendinho
Mendinho, also ''Meendinho'', ''Mendiño'' and ''Meendiño'', was a medieval Iberian poet.
Nothing is known about Mendinho except by inference. Scholars generally assume from the reference to the shrine of ''San Simión'' (in the modern Isle of ...
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Ernestina Otero
References
External links
Map of Redondela area, Ria de Vigo(small
PNG image)
Paxina Web do Concello de Redondela, Council's Web SiteGroup Folkloric O Carballo das Cen Pólas (Reboreda)
Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra
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