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Juan Fernández Latorre founded La Voz de Galicia in 1882 as a republican, progressive newspaper. Consolidated in the republican era with a circulation of more than 20.000 daily copies, it was not until the 1960s, when Santiago Rey Fernandez-Latorre, the founder's grandson took over as manager, that La Voz began its expansion.
Santiago de Compostela, [a] simply Santiago, or Compostela, [3] in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. [4]
The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from Santiago de Compostela and handled 3,537,445 passengers in 2023. It is the focus city of Vueling in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, and Ryanair 's only focus city in Northern Spain. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago runs near the airport.
History of Galicia. The Iberian Peninsula, where Galicia is located, has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by modern humans. From about 4500 BC, it (like much of the north and west of the peninsula) was inhabited by a megalithic culture, which entered the Bronze Age about 1500 BC.
She has collaborated with La Voz de Galicia since 1990. She was co-director of the Biblioteca de Escritoras collection by Editorial Castalia and directed the Relatos collection by Editorial Edhasa and the Club de Clásicos collection by Grupo SM. [6] The action of most of Mayoral's novels takes place in "Brétema", an imaginary place in Galicia.
The Portico of Glory (Galician: Pórtico da Gloria) of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Romanesque portico and the cathedral's main gate created by Master Mateo and his workshop, on the orders of King Ferdinand II of León. The king donated to Mateo one hundred maravedís annually between 1168 and 1188. To commemorate its completion in ...
In December 2012, a group of Galician hikers decided to go for a hike along the seashore, from Malpica to Fisterra, taking advantage of the paths that had been opened by fishermen and barnacle gatherers (Spanish: percebeiros); a journey of 200 kilometres (120 mi) [6] around the northwest coast of Galicia that took several weeks to complete.
Old Town of Pontevedra. / 42.433194°N 8.645139°W / 42.433194; -8.645139. The historic centre of Pontevedra ( Spain) is the oldest part of the city. It is the second most important old town in Galicia after Santiago de Compostela, [2] [3] and was declared a historic-artistic complex on 23 February 1951. [4]