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Turonio (Galician ''Toronho'', Spanish ''Toroño'', Latin ''Turonium'' or ''Toronium'') was the only part of the '' Conventus Bracarensis'' which did not join
Afonso Henriques Afonso I of PortugalOr also ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', depending on the Spanish or French inf ...
when he proclaimed the independence of
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 ...
in 1139. At the time it was a fief held by
Gómez Núñez Gómez Núñez (or Gomes Nunes in Portuguese; ''floruit'' 1071–1141) was a Galician and Portuguese political and military leader in the Kingdom of León. His power lay in the valley of the Minho, mainly on the north side, bounded by the Atlan ...
, who supported a Portuguese invasion of
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 ...
, but was defeated and exiled by Alfonso VII of León. Turonio lies south of the
Ria de Vigo Vigo Ria ( es, Ría de Vigo) and ( gl, Ría de Vigo) is an estuary in Galicia, Spain. It is the southernmost ria of the Rías Baixas. It is located south of the province of Pontevedra, and extends in a northeast direction over a distance of from ...
and the river Verdugo and north and west of the river Minho. As a placename it is rarely used today, but is in the process of recovery. Today most of the territory is a part of the city of
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.


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*{{cite book , first=Manuel , last=Fernández Rodríguez , title=Toronium: aproximación a la historia de una tierra medieval , location=Santiago de Compostela , year=2004 , series=Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, Anexo 31 Medieval Galicia (Spain)