Rains feed the many rivers that network the region, these a throw-back to glacial impingement and subsequent sea-level rise after the Great Melt, and an important source of economic wealth.
In the early XIX century, during the reign of the Catholic Kings and earlier, the province was a much smaller entity with its spiritual centre always being focused on Santiago de Compostela.
Located in the autonomy of Galicia in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula and in the southeastern part of the autonomous community, Ourense is bordered by Portugal to the south.
To know Santiago de Compostela is to catch a brief glimpse of one of the nodes of Man’s spirituality. The city is located in a land crossed by a thousand rivers and is surrounded by a delicate tracery of water.
The similarity with northern Europe not only lies in the landscape, it also manifests itself in the character of the people and in terms of the cultural building blocks.
The rising sun glints from the surface of a sea; turbulent grey in winter and steel blue in springtime that, for centuries, has lapped on the beaches of A Coruña.
Lugo is dominated by a river system that runs from the central areas towards the northern coast, the Rias Altas. High rainfall ensures that the countryside maintains a year-round verdant layer of vegetation.
Dropping down from the inland mountains; a gentle journey from 800 metres to sea level past green fields, lush pasture and dense forests, only slightly prepares you for the surprise that waits in Pontevedra.
Rains feed the many rivers that network the region, these a throw-back to glacial impingement and subsequent sea-level rise after the Great Melt, and an important source of economic wealth.
In the early XIX century, during the reign of the Catholic Kings and earlier, the province was a much smaller entity with its spiritual centre always being focused on Santiago de Compostela.
The similarity with northern Europe not only lies in the landscape, it also manifests itself in the character of the people and in terms of the cultural building blocks.
