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Ponteareas
Ponteareas is town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in Spain. It is located on the Vigo-Benavente highway and on the river Tea, a right-hand tributary of the Miño. It is the chief town of a fertile hilly region, which produces wine, grain and fruit, and contains many cattle farms. The industries of the town itself are porcelain manufactures, tanning and distilling. Close by are the ruins of the Sobroso Castle, which played an important part in the medieval civil wars. While it is located in the nearby town, Mondariz, it is owned by the council of Ponteareas. Geography Parishes The municipality of Ponteareas is formed by 24 ''parroquias'' (parishes) - rural suburbs of the main town. These parishes can be further subdivided into ''aldeas'' (villages) or ''lugares'' : * Areas (Santa María): Agualevada, Alemparte, A Cruz, Ganade, A Gándara, A Lomba, O Peso, O Picoto, San Brais * Arnoso (San Lourenzo): O Cotarel, O Covelo, A Muxena, A Oliveira, O Outeiriño, O Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Condado
O Condado is a ''comarca'' in the Galician Province of Pontevedra, centred on the town of Ponteareas (''Puenteareas'' in Castilian Spanish). It covers an area of 341 km2, and the overall population of this comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ... was 42,642 at the 2011 Census; the latest official estimate at the start of 2018 was 41,551.Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid. Municipalities The comarca comprises the following five municipalities: References Comarcas of the Province of Pontevedra {{Galicia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobroso Castle
Sobroso Castle ( es, Castillo de Sobroso, glg, Castelo de Sobroso) is a medieval castle in the village of Vilasobroso in Galicia, Spain. Location The castle is located in Vilasobroso, a village in the municipality of Mondariz, belonging to the ''comarca'' of O Condado. It sits on Landín Hill, overlooking the Condado valley, right up to the Portuguese border. Due to its strategic position, the castle was known as "the key of the Kingdom of Galicia". Etymology The name of the Castle, and the village itself, comes from the Latin SUBEROSUM, in reference to the 'sobreiras', ''Quercus suber'' or cork trees that once surrounded it. History The castle was restored from its ruinous state thanks to the efforts of local journalist Alejo Carrera Muñoz, who in 1923 bought the ruins of the castle from the Count of Torre Cedeira for the sum of 5,000 pesetas. He carried out the restoration work single-handedly, without any help from local authorities, until his death in 1967. In 1981, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the Douro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondariz
Mondariz is a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It has a population of 4,440 inhabitants. Geography Parishes The municipality of Mondariz is formed by 12 ''parroquias'' (civil parishes). These parroquias can be further subdivided into ''lugares/aldeas'' (hamlets). * Frades * Gargamala * Lougares * Meirol * Mondariz * Mouriscados * Queimadelos * Riofrío * Sabaxáns * Toutón * Vilar * Vilasobroso Governance The municipality is administered by the ''Concello de Mondariz'' (Mondariz town council) consisting of a mayor and 12 councillors. Since 2019 municipal elections the municipality have been controlled by the Galician Nationalist Bloc, with the support of People's Party and Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontevedra (province)
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, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. The official languages of the Pontevedra province are Spanish and Galician. There is a public institution called the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra (Provincial Council), whose head office is in Pontevedra city, that provides direct services to citizens such as technical, financial and technological support to the councils of the 62 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra. The population of the province is 942,665 (2019), of whom 9% live in the capital, the city of Pontevedra and 28% in Vigo. Geography Pontevedra is cut in two parts by the Lérez River. Most of the major tourist attractions in Pontevedra are to the south of the river. Pontevedra features many historical buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
