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Torre del Bierzo ( ast, Torre de Santa Marina) is a village and municipality in the region of El Bierzo ( province of León,
Torre del Bierzo ( ast, Torre de Santa Marina) is a village and municipality in the region of El Bierzo ( province of León, Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
, Spain). According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 2,736 inhabitants.
In 1944 it was the site of a train disaster in which it is believed between 200 and 800 people died when three trains collided in a tunnel.
The main historical landmark of the village is a Roman bridge over Tremor river built in the first century. It was part of the Via Nova or Via XVII
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Science and technology
* MOS Technology 6522, Versatile Interface Adapter
* ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae
* Via (electronics), a through-connection
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, one of the main routes connecting the actual cities of Braga (Portugal) and Astorga (Spain)
References
Municipalities in the Province of León Municipalities in El Bierzo {{León-geo-stub