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Ruins of San Domingos. / 42.431198; -8.646964. The ruins of San Domingos ( Spanish and Galician: Ruínas de San Domingos) was a convent located in Pontevedra, Galicia ( Spain ). It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1895. [citation needed]
Santo Domingo directly administered by the President-Captain General of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo. 1795–1808 Spanish part of the Island ceded to France in the Peace of Basel. Island ceases to be a Spanish possession. 1808–1821 After local revolts and subsequent defeat of the French, Santo Domingo realigns itself with Spain.
Map of Galicia irredenta.In grey is Galicia proper and in yellow are the places in Spain where Galician is spoken outside of it.. Galicia irredenta ("Unredeemed Galicia") or Galicia estremeira ("Outer" or "External Galicia"), also spelled as Galiza irredenta and Galiza estremeira and also known as Faixa Leste or Franxa Leste ("Eastern Strip"), is a term used for all Galician-speaking ...
Galicia ( / ɡəˈlɪʃ ( i) ə / gə-LISH (-ee)-ə; [3] Galician: Galicia (officially) [ɡaˈliθjɐ] or Galiza [ɡaˈliθɐ]; [a] [b] Spanish: Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. [4] Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and ...
The term Galicianism as such was coined after the establishment of the Irmandades da Fala (Brotherhoods of the Galician Language), in 1916, and the apparition of modern Galician nationalism. The Irmandades da Fala was an organization hosting members from both the lower-middle-class and intellectuals. This organization was led by Antón Vilar Ponte.
Museo de las Casas Reales. The Museo de las Casas Reales (English: Museum of the Royal Houses) is one of the important cultural monuments built during the colonial era in Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Colonial district of Santo Domingo . It was the Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, called then ...
Central Arch with tympanum and columns. The Portico of Glory ( Galician: Pórtico da Gloria) of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Romanesque portico and the cathedral's main gate created by Master Mateo and his workshop, on the orders of King Ferdinand II of León. The king donated to Mateo one hundred maravedís annually between 1168 and 1188.
History of Galicia. The Iberian Peninsula, where Galicia is located, has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by modern humans. From about 4500 BC, it (like much of the north and west of the peninsula) was inhabited by a megalithic culture, which entered the Bronze Age about 1500 BC.