Gondomar is a municipality in the province of
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...
, in the autonomous community of
Galicia,
Spain
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. It belongs to the
comarca
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of
Vigo
Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...
. It was the hometown of Don
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "
Spanish Match
The Spanish match was a proposed marriage between Prince Charles I of England, Charles, the son of King James VI & I of Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of England, England, and Infante, Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, the daughter of Philip III of ...
" that would have joined
Charles I of England
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Charles was born ...
and the Infanta Maria Anna in marriage.
Gallery
File:Igrexa de Santa Baia de Donas, Gondomar.jpg, Santa Baia, Donas, Gondomar.
File:San Vicente de Mañufe, igrexa e cruz de pedra.JPG, San Vicente, Mañufe, Gondomar.
File:Iglesia de San Miguel de Peitieiros - Gondomar (Pontevedra).jpg, Saint Michael's church, Peitieiros, Gondomar.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra
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