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Portugal. Alfonso the Great (848-910), king of León, Galicia and Asturias. The Kingdom of León [a] was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León.
The coat of arms of Galicia includes, enclosed in a field of azure, a chalice of gold with a silver host, accompanied by seven silver crosses, three on each side and one in the center of the shield (representative of the seven historic provinces of Galicia). The royal crown in gules, i.e. red, enclosed in a golden ring set with precious stones ...
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The Kingdom of Galicia was a kingdom in medieval Spain that existed from 409 to 1833, occupying the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In 409, the Suebi king Hermaneric conquered Galicia from the Western Roman Empire and founded the city of Braga. Galicia was the first kingdom to officially adopt Catholicism as its religion, and in 449 it minted its own currency. From 585 to 711, Galicia was ...
The Kingdom of Galicia (anciently Gallaecia) was a medieval kingdom in Iberia for two distinct periods. In the first period, it was a barbarian state. In this sense it the name for the land ruled by the Suebi, a Teutonic people, in Hispania. Their kingdom corresponded to the Roman province of Gallaecia.
The two words have completely different origins. The Galicia in Spain is from Latin *Callaecia, from a Celtic tribe called Καλλαϊκoί (Kallaikoi) by the Greeks. "Galicia" is just the late reduction of that word. The Galicia in Eastern Europe is the Latinized version of the Slavic word Halych, an ancient city on the Dniester river in ...
Oct 4, 2023 · Nestled in the northwestern corner of Spain, Galicia stands as a fascinating anomaly, distinguished by its unique cultural tapestry woven from threads of Celtic heritage. . Unlike the flamenco rhythms or bullfighting spectacles that characterise other regions of Spain, Galicia offers bagpipes, stone forts, and mythical folklore that draw a line straight back to Celtic origi
