Faro de Hércules (A CORUÑA)
NINFEO en Bande (LUGO)
Casco Antiguo (OURENSE)
CASTRO Celta (PONTEVEDRA)
The landscape of GALICIA is lush, mountainous
and peppered with forests of pine and eucalyptus.
Located in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises FOUR provinces: A Coruña/ Lugo/ Ourense/ Pontevedra.
To the North is the Cantabrian Sea. To the East, the Kingdoms of Asturias & León. To the South, is Portugal. To the West is bordered by the
ATLANTHIC Ocean.
GALICIA has an area of nearly 30,000 m2 (11,500 square miles) and a population of 3 million persons. Its costline has over 1,660 km (1,030 miles) including its multiple little islands.
The area nowadays called GALICIA was first inhabited by humans during the Middle PALEOLITHIC Period, and it takes its name from "The Gallaeci", the CELTIC people living north of the DUERO River during the last millennium B.C., in a region largely coincidental with that of the IRON Age local Castro culture.
FOOD.- Galicians often uses FISH, seaffod, and shellfish. The "Pulpo a la Gallega" is its most famous dish. The "empanada" is a MEAT pie, with a bread-like base, top and crust with the meat filling usually being in a tomato sauce including onions and garlic. The "caldo gallego" is a hearty SOUP whose main ingredients are potatoes and a local vegetable named "grelo" (Broccoli rabe).
Galicia produces a number of high-quality WINES
TODAY, 25th JULY
GALICIA celebrates the Feast of its Patron saint YAGO.
