By Julia Altsjö, Nathalie Josefsson, Rasmus Flink
Two official languages, 100
rainy days and a special cheese, those are only some of the things typical of
Galicia.
Galicia
is a region in the north west of Spain. The name Galicia comes from the Latin
name Gallaecia. Before the roman invasion multiple tribes lived in the area.
During year 800 and 900 Galician greaves had variated power and the coasts did
often get attacked by Normands and Vikings. They build the towers in Catoira to
protect Santiago de Compostela from the attacks. When general Fransisco Franco
died Galicia became a democracy again.
They talk Galician and Spanish in this part of the country. For more
than 400 centuries, Spanish has been the official language. But Galician has
also become the official language of Galicia and is as well as the Spanish
being taught in the schools. The population of Galicia have different thoughts
about if the Galician language should be preserved.
Santiago de Compostela has over 100 days with rain per year. Galicia
takes 5,8 % of the total area of Spain. In 2012 the population of Galicia was
2,781 million habitants.
Vigo,
Pontevedra,Lugo, Ferrol, A Coruña, Ourense and Santiago de Compostela are the
biggest cities. Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the region and it is
famous for the pilgrimage. The Apostel Jacob is supposed to be buried there.
The Galician
food consists mostly of fish and seafood. Two of the most popular dishes are
empanadas and octopus. Galician also has a local cheese which is white and
triangular and is called Tetilla.
After the Middle
Ages a special Galician literature grew. Important contribution to the roman
music on Galician-Portuguese was
created. And
the most famous of them were made by the troubadour Martín Codax and by
Alfonso X who is also called El Sabio which means the wise. Galician-Portuguese
was considered to be the love poems language in the Iberian-Romance language
culture.
A lot of fact that was interesting to read about and also written in good english. I learned something new about Galicia
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ReplyDeleteInteresting fact to read about!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Galicia is a very interesting region, which has its own story and is worth a visit.
ReplyDeleteIt also has an interesting culture and their customs. Oliwia Długoń
Facts about Galicia are very interesting. I am happy that I could visit this region. Good article.
ReplyDeleteWow! This article is very good. After i read this article i learned a lot of interesting things about Galicia. Now i really want to visit Galicia and to taste the traditional delicious dishes. I strongly believe that this article is a good one because it captures youre attention and youre interest.
ReplyDeleteIt's good article. Galicia is very beautiful and interesting. I visited this region and will always remain in my heart.
ReplyDeleteGreat article short and to the point. Galicia is very beautiful rich in its traditions and delicious cuisine.
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For someone like me, that have learn spanish and a lot of things about Spain and its region, it's good to see article like this. Gives information and opportunities to imagine different and interesting places.
ReplyDeleteI adore travel, doesn't matters where. I hope that, one day, i will visit Galicia too.
Greetings from Italy,
Luisa.