Triacastela
Sign in to saveTriacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today. Norman (Viking) invaders pillaged here in 968 A.D., but were eventually defeated at Cebreiro pass and driven off. They probably destroyed all three castles at that time. It is along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and many of the pilgrims stop in the town's albergues and restaurants.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Triacastela
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Triacastela. Galicia (Spain).jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Triacastela.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Galicia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lugo
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sarria
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Miguel Ángel Fernández López
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 51.18
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 665
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Part of
- Sarria
- Official name
- Triacastela
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Lugo Province
- Population
- 589
- Area
- 51.18
- Elevation
- 665
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Pedrafita do Cebreiro
- Official website
- www.concellotriacastela.es
- Image
- Biduedo.jpg
- Licence plate code
- LU
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- postal code
- 27062
- Commons category
- Triacastela
- Commons gallery
- Triacastela
- male population
- 317
- female population
- 324
- P8168
- Ron Frenz
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Triacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today. Norman (Viking) invaders pillaged here in 968 A.D., but were eventually defeated at Cebreiro pass and driven off. They probably destroyed all three castles at that time. It is along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and many of the pilgrims stop in the town's albergues and restaurants.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Triacastela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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