Where is the autonomous community of Galicia located?
Xunta de Galicia. Galicia ( / ɡəˈlɪʃ ( i) ə /; Galician: Galicia [ɡaˈliθjɐ] or Galiza [ɡaˈliθɐ]; Spanish: Galicia, Portuguese: Galiza) 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 .
What are the names of the islands in Galicia Spain?
Galicia has over 1,660 km (1,030 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa.
Where is Galicia located in relation to Europe?
Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north.
What are the names of the inlets in Galicia?
Topographically, a remarkable feature of Galicia is the presence of many firth-like inlets along the coast, estuaries that were drowned with rising sea levels after the ice age. These are called rías and are divided into the smaller Rías Altas (“High Rías”), and the larger Rías Baixas (“Low Rías”).
Who are the Galicians in Buenos Aires Argentina?
In Buenos Aires, so many Galicians have immigrated that all people who have immigrated from Spain in the last century are called gallegos. There are Galician communities in all the big towns of Spain, France, Germany, and Switzerland. The Galicians’ capacity for hard work is matched only by their ability to save.
When did Bukovina become a part of Galicia?
In 1815, Kraków gained the status of a free city (The Free City of Cracow) and remained so until after the Polish uprising of 1846, when it was incorporated into Galicia as the Grand Duchy of Cracow. Bukovina was formally annexed to the Austrian Empire in 1775 as part of Galicia.
Where can I find historical maps of Galicia?
The website Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe, which offers a collection of small and large scale historical maps of the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in late Tsarist Russia, has a page devoted Galicia.