Mondoñedo

Mondoñedo municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Lugo
Comarca :	Mariña Central
Coordinates	43 ° 26 ′  N , 7 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 26 ′  N , 7 ° 22 ′  W
Height :	140  msnm
Area :	144 km²
Residents :	3,568 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	24.78 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	27740
Municipality number  ( INE ):	27030
administration
Mayoress :	Elena Candia ( PPdeG )
Website :	www.concellomondonedo.es
Location of the municipality

Mondoñedo Cathedral

Mondoñedo is a small town with just under 4,000 inhabitants in the province of Lugo in the autonomous region of Galicia in northwestern Spain . The village is located on the edge of the Cantabrian Coast Mountains , on the Camino de la Costa route on the Way of St. James , a variant of the Camino del Norte . From here it is another 160 km to Santiago de Compostela . There is a small pilgrimage hostel in the village.

Population development

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Diocese

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese Mondoñedo-Ferrol and has the important cathedral Virgen de la Asunción and a seminary . The original name of the diocese was Britonia and probably indicates an immigration of Celtic refugees from southern England, who fled from there in the 5th or 6th century from the Anglo-Saxon invaders. The diocese was probably founded by the Suebi king Theodemir , who converted to Catholicism .

Attractions

The city, the center of the village is classified as a conjunto histórico-artístico ,

The Romanesque cathedral dates from the 12th century and has baroque towers. Inside there is a statue of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora la Inglesa , on the high altar , which was originally located in St Paul's Cathedral in London and was rescued here during the Reformation. The predecessor building of the cathedral from the 9th century, the Basilica of San Martiño de Mondoñedo, a little apart, has been preserved and now serves as a diocesan museum.

Not far from the city there is a cave system over 7000 m long, the Covas do Rei Cintolo .

Web links

Commons : Mondoñedo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).