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| Corunna
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The municipality of Coruña (whose official denomination and in Galician it is Coruña) is the capital of the county of Coruña (Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain). It is located in the end noroccidental of the country. It is an Atlantic city with soft climate. It is headquarters of the Superior Tribunal of Justice of Galicia, the Government's Delegation in this community and the Galician Real Academy. Also it welcomes the General Northwest Captaincy and it is headquarters of the Logistical Operative Control of the Army of Earth.The name Coruña Caronium comes from Latin that was a Roman oppidum. In times of Fernando II of León (XII century) appear the toponym for the first time Crunia. In 1262 the article appeared being the toponym Crunia that evolved to Coruña with the time.Tambíen exists the archaic denominations of TO Cruña and Ace Cruñas that are at the moment in disuse.
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| Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Guest 2006/7/27 11:25
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Located in the city of Santiago of Compostela, goal of pilgrimage of Western Europe, the Cathedral of Santiago of Compostela was decisive factor so that Spain was inside the cultural medieval circles thanks to the call on the way to Santiago, a route iniciática in which the trail of the Milky Way was continued and that he/she spent to dedicate to the apostle Santiago who nowadays is the pattern ('protective') of Spain.The temple has plant of three ships with tribune, cruise, girola and apsidal chapels, covering the central ship with canyon vault and the lateral ones with edge vault. He/she had nine towers, two in each facade and three in the cruise. Of medieval appearance, he/she receives additions in Renaissance and Baroque times.Each one of their facades forms with their respective squares combined magnificent urbanísticos. Among them, that of Obradoiro was carried out by Houses Novoa in 1740 (XVIII century); also Baroque it is that of Azabachería, work of Ferro Caaveiro and Fernández Sarela, modified by Happiness Rodríguez; that of Platerías, of the teacher Mateo in 1103 (XII century); and mainly, Gloria's Piazza, works summit of the sculpture románica concluded by the teacher Mateo in 1188 (XII century). It consists of three arches of half point, the central one divided by mullion, where he/she is the own teacher's figure looking to the interior of the temple. In the jambs, the Apostles and prophets maintain sacred conversations. In the eardrum, the Salvador surrounded by the four Evangelists.
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| The Palace of Rajoy (Country house of Raxoi in Galician),
Guest 2006/7/27 11:23
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It is a building of the XVIII century. Errand to build for the archbishop Rajoy for several functions: Seminar of Confessors (they were those that assisted the pilgrims in the cathedral. They were also lenguajeros because they spoke several languages). For residence of the Children of the Choir of the cathedral. For House Consistorial. For jail.It leaves central: Up he/she has a fronton that reproduces the Battle of Clavijo, crowned by a statue from Santiago to horse. Lateral semicircular frontons with the archbishop's shields.The interior is grandiose with a body of central stairway.
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| Culleredo
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Culleredo is a Spanish Galician municipality located in the district of Coruña in the center of the county of the same name. It counts with 23.000 inhabitants. This formed by 11 parishes, of north to south; Rutis, or Burgo, Almeiras, Culleredo, Orro, Sesamo, Sueiro, Ledoño, Veiga, You Guard and Castelo. The municipality has as limits for the north to Coruña and, through the creek of OR Burgo, the sea; for the South the municipal term of Cerceda; for the east the municipal terms of Oleiros, Cambre and Carral and for the west with Coruña, Arteijo and Laracha.
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| Ferrol
Guest 2006/7/27 11:16
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Ferrol is a municipality of the northwest of Spain located about 64 kilometers by lorry of (10 kilometers on-line straight line, crossing the Creek of Ferrol) Coruña, the capital of the county. Ferrol is the eminently marine city, like they demonstrate its fishing activities, the navies, the jetty or the beaches.The metropolitan area of Ferrol, well-known as Ferrolterra, it includes a good number of city councils of the interior and the coast, and it is one of the populated areas of dispersed population in Galicia.The creek of Ferrol, where the Big river of Xuvia ends, it is located among the Ends Prioriño and Segaño, protected of the winds and the storms for the Windy mounts and Lighthouse. Next to the creeks of Coruña, Betanzos and Plow Gulf it conforms Ártabro, inherited name of the Roman time.
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