The Rock of the Three Kingdoms ( pt, Penedo dos Três Reinos) is a mountain of 1025 m of elevation in the
Serra de Marabón ( es, Sierra del Marabón), part of the mountainous system of
Sierra de la Culebra
The Sierra de la Culebra, or Serra da Coroa (in Portuguese), is a mountain range in Castile and León, northwest Spain, and northeastern Portugal. It lies 7 km south of Puebla de Sanabria in the comarcas of Aliste, Sanabria and La Carballe ...
( pt, Serra da Coroa).
Description and location
Known also as in
Galician, this rocky formation was the former
tripoint between the three ancient
medieval kingdoms of
Portugal,
León, and
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
, hence its name.
The Penedo is located on the border between the village of
Moimenta in the municipality of
Vinhais
Vinhais (; cel-x-proto, Veniatia) is a municipality in the district of Bragança, northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,066, in an area of 694.76 km2.
The present mayor is Américo Afonso Pereira, elected by the Socialist Party. T ...
, the municipality of
A Mezquita
A Mezquita is a municipality in the Ourense province in the Galicia region of northwest Spain. It is located to the very southeast of the province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, stat ...
in
province of Ourense
Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Cas ...
(
Autonomous Community of Galicia) and the municipality of
Hermisende
Hermisende is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center
* Ins ...
in
Senabria
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 ...
comarca of the
province of Zamora
Zamora () is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal.
The present-day province of Zamora w ...
(
Autonomous Community of Castile and León).
There are
Iberian wolves in this area.
Noticias de la Tierra del Pan - Los Lobos se Stressan
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See also
*Tossal dels Tres Reis
Tossal dels Tres Reis () or Tossal del Rei ('Peak of the King') is a mountain of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit massif, Spain. It has an elevation of 1,350 metres above sea level.
This mountain is one of thEmblematic Summits of Catalonia
Descriptio ...
* Tripoint
References
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External links
Penedo dos Três Reinos («The Rock of Three Kingdoms»)Manzalvos - OrenseTreaty on boundaries between Spain and Portugal from the mouth of the Minho River to the junction of the river Cay a with the Guadiana. Signed at Lisbon on 29 September 1864
Mountains of Portugal
One-thousanders of Portugal