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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]
Established. c. 1531. Dissolved. 1824. Nuevo Reino de Galicia ( New Kingdom of Galicia; Galician: Reino de Nova Galicia) or simply Nueva Galicia ( New Galicia, Nova Galicia) was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. [1] It was named after Galicia in Spain. Nueva Galicia's territory consisted of the present-day Mexican states of ...
The façade of the Silverware (Pratarías in Galician) is the southern façade of the transept of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela; it is the only Romanesque façade that is preserved in the cathedral. It was built between 1103 and 1117 and elements from other parts of the cathedral have been added in subsequent years. [13]
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.
Galicia (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ (i) ə / gə-LISH(-ee)-ə; Galician: Galicia (officially) [ɡaˈliθjɐ] ⓘ or Galiza [ɡaˈliθɐ] ⓘ; Spanish: Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
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.
Ferdinand III (Spanish: Fernando; 1199/1201 – 30 May 1252), called the Saint ( el Santo ), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. [1] He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale.
Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7]