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Supporters of Galician independence in 1991 comparing Galicia's situation with Slovenia's, which had recently gained independence. The Galician independence movement (Galician: movemento de independenza galego) or the Galician separatist movement (Galician: movemento separatista galego) is a political movement (derived from Galician nationalism) which supports the independence of Galicia and ...
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 ...
Galician nationalism is a form of nationalism found mostly in Galicia, which asserts that Galicians are a nation and that promotes the cultural unity of Galicians. The political movement referred to as modern Galician nationalism was born at the beginning of the twentieth century from the idea of Galicianism .
Stater coin, of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) from Trepcza/ n. Sanok. The region has a turbulent history. In Roman times the region was populated by various tribes of Celto-Germanic admixture, including Celtic-based tribes – like the Galice or "Gaulics" and Bolihinii or "Volhynians" – the Lugians and Cotini of Celtic, Vandals and Goths of Germanic origins (the Przeworsk and Púchov ...
Eastern Galicia was the most diverse part of the region, and one of the most diverse areas in Europe at the time. The Galician Jews immigrated in the Middle Ages from Germany. German-speaking people were more commonly referred to by the region of Germany where they originated (such as Saxony or Swabia ).
960 - Sancho I of León is reinstated as King of León. Vikings raid Galicia and kill the bishop Sisenand of Santiago de Compostela in battle, but his successor St. Rudesind rallies the local forces and kills the Viking leader Gundered. 967 - Ramiro III becomes King of León. 971 - Another minor Viking raid in Galicia.
Namely, he or she is the president of the executive body of the Galician government, the Xunta de Galicia . As in other parliamentary democracies the president is actually appointed by the Parliament which is, on the other hand, directly voted in by the citizens. The democratic period in Galicia starts in 1977 with the end of Francoist Spain.
Reintegrationism ( Galician and Portuguese: reintegracionismo; Galician: [rejnteɣɾaθjoˈnizmʊ, -asjo-], European Portuguese: [ʁɛĩtɨɣɾɐsjuˈniʒmu]) is a linguistic movement in Galicia that advocates for the recognition of Galician, along with other varieties of the Portuguese language, as a single language [citation needed].