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Galicia has about 2,795,422 inhabitants which mainly combines the coastal strip between Ferrol and A Coruña in the northwest and between Vilagarcía de Arousa and Vigo in the southwest. The medieval and modern Kingdom of Galicia derived of the kingdom of the Suebi, founded by king Hermeric in 409.
The Kingdom of Galicia (Galician: Reino de Galicia, or Galiza; Spanish: Reino de Galicia; Portuguese: Reino da Galiza; Latin: Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded by the Suebic king Hermeric in 409, with its capital established in Braga. It was the first ...
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 first printed map of Galicia with dedicated cartographic plotting was the "Descripción del Reyno de Galizia" (Description of the Kingdom of Galicia) by Hernando Ojea (circa 1560-1615). That map appeared in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the world) of Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), in the edition by Antwerp publisher Jan Baptista Vrients of 1603. The map, despite its many errors, was ...
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 ...
May 9, 2020 · The coat of arms of the Principality of Volhynia’s depicted a knight on a horse with the cross shield. Once united as the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia’s (1253–1349), the coat of arms was a golden lion on a blue shield. The lion was also depicted on the coat of arms of the Ruthenian Voivodeship (1434–1772) within the Polish-Lithuanian ...
Oct 22, 2022 · The following 200 files are in this category, out of 452 total. (previous page) ( next page) Escudo de Galicia.svg 125 × 250; 88 KB. Escudo de Galicia 2.svg 550 × 975; 155 KB. Coat of Arms of Galicia (Spain).svg 671 × 1,232; 366 KB. Arms of Galicia (Spain).svg 780 × 923; 55 KB. Coat of arms of kingdom of Galicia.PNG 247 × 500; 43 KB.
