Brión () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province of A Coruña
The province of A Coruña ( ; ; historical ) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and north ...
, in the
autonomous community
The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...
of
Galicia in northwestern
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. It belongs to the
comarca of Santiago de Compostela and is 13 km to the east of Santiago de Compostela. It has an area of , and a population of 7,519 inhabitants (2014).
[.]
History
Remains of megalithic culture are preserved, such as the Raña Longa mamoas field. The
castro culture
Castro culture (, , , , meaning "culture of the hillforts") is the archaeological term for the material culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day northern and central Portugal together with the Spanish regions of ...
is preserved in the
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
of Santa Cecía,
Castle Lupario, or the castles of Lamiño, Boullón, Forxán, Pousada, Vioxo and Ons. Due to the , through these lands the Roman road passed through to the sea. The Romans also built the
hypocaust
A hypocaust () is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes. This air can warm the upper floors a ...
of Cirrus.
Gallery
File:Torres de Altamira-Brión-Galicia 11.jpg, Towers of Altamira in Brión
See also
List of municipalities in A Coruña
A Coruña (province), A Coruña is a provinces of Spain, province in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain, that is divided into 93 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Spanish census, ...
References
Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña
{{galicia-geo-stub