Castañeda (Galicia)
| Arzúa municipality: Castañeda | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Galicia
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| Province : | A Coruña | ||
| Comarca : | Interior | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 55 ′ N , 8 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 415 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 159 (2011) INE | ||
| Area code: | 15006090000 | ||
Castañeda is a place on the Way of St. James in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous region of Galicia in Spain , administratively it is dependent on Arzúa .
Aimeric Picaud mentions Castañeda in Jacob's book as the location of the kilns that burned the lime for the cathedral construction of Santiago de Compostela . The pilgrims of St. James used their physical strength to transport the stones from Triacastela , where one of the few Galician limestone quarries is located, to Castañeda.
The local parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary .
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
- Klaus Herbers : The Way of St. James: With a medieval pilgrim guide on the way to Santiago de Compostela , Tübingen, 1986, ISBN 3-87808-312-2 .
Web links
Commons : Castañeda (Galicia) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
