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Plaza De Galicia
The Plaza de Galicia is a 20th century square located in the city centre of Pontevedra (Spain), on the edge of the Campolongo neighbourhood. Origin of the name The square is named after Galicia, the region in the northwest of Spain in which Pontevedra is located. History The origin of the Plaza de Galicia is a public space at the end of Augusto González Besada, Andrés Muruais and Andrés Mellado streets and in front of the old Pontevedra railway station, which started operating on 16 May 1884, when the first locomotive arrived in the city. This space was known as the station square. With the large number of travellers arriving in the square, in 1904 the Palace Hotel was built on the corner of Plaza de Galicia and Andrés Muruais Street, a large Art Nouveau building with four floors and an attic designed by the architect Andrés López de Ocáriz Robledo, which provided accommodation for travellers arriving in the city and which was demolished in the 1980s. In 1966, th ... [...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] |
