GaliciaLocated in the northwest of Spain,Galicia is the Finisterrae of the Romans. Its climate is typically Atlantic, with smooth winters and fresh summers. Due to this climate Galicia is located in so called “green Spain”.

Economic activityFishing

Agriculture Tourism

Industry

Building construction

PreRoman Galicia was populated by Celts, which lived in castros like the Santa Tecla one.

History

Gaicia is divided in 4 provinces

Vigo

A Coruña: 2000 years of History ambraced by the ocean

Santiago de Compostela, the end of the way

Located in the province of A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela (the capital of Galicia) is the destination of one of the most

important pilgrimage routes in the cristianity.

LUGO: the city of the roman wall

Cathedral and Roman wall of Lugo

Ourense is the capital of the province of the same name. It is the third Galician city in population, after Vigo and Coruña, and it is placed in the south-east. Baptized by the Romans as " the city of the gold " (Auriense) for its enormous abundance of this metal, it

was an important city of the Roman province of Hispania until reserves of the golden metalt became exhausted.

OURENSE: Gold, rivers and thermal waters

Thermal sprigs calledAs burgas

The Miño and his Roman Bridge (still in use)

Pontevedra is a city in northwestern

Iberian Peninsula, the capital of the province of

Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain.Pontevedra is a provincial capital, judicial centre,

seat of a comarca, and a municipality. It is composed of the city of Pontevedra and of fifteen rural parishes with a total population of 80,001 (as of June 2005), which provides a high density of 635/km². About two-thirds of the population live in the city, and one-third in the rural parishes

Like much of the western coast of Galicia, Pontevedra has a temperate, rainy climate, but with peculiarities stemming from its location surrounded by mountains and the ría. Temperatures are pleasant for most of the year (mild winters and summers) with a median yearly temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a spread of about 10 degrees

And finaly.....VIGO (our town)

Image of the America Square, where is located our school (arrow)

Located in the province of Pontevedra, Vigo is the biggest city in Spain that is not a capital of province. His population is

around 300.000 habitants

Vigo, sea and carsVigo has an important fishery and automotive

industries. Fishing port of Vigo is one of the most important harbors in Spain

Image of the Bridge of Rande, crossing the Ria of Vigo

Vigo, so much to see, so much to do, so much to know...