Pol is a municipality in the province of
Lugo
Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...
, in the autonomous community of
Galicia, northwestern Spain. Its capital is
Mosteiro.
History
It has been historically linked to the arrival of
Briton
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, w ...
immigrants in Galicia during the
Dark Ages period (see Bishop
Maeloc
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Mailoc or Maeloc was a 6th-century bishop of Britonia, a settlement founded by migrating Britons (historical), Britons in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain.Koch, John T. (2006). "Britonia". In John T. Koch, ''Celtic Culture: A Historical ...
and
Britonia
Britonia (which became Bretoña in Galician and Spanish) is the name of a Romano-British settlement on the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. The area is roughly that of the northern pa ...
).
References
Municipalities in the Province of Lugo
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