Triacastela

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Triacastela
municipality
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Triacastela
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°45′N7°13′W / 42.750°N 7.217°W / 42.750; -7.217
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
Province Lugo
Comarca Sarria
Government
  MayorMiguel Ángel Fernández López
Area
  Total
51.18 km2 (19.76 sq mi)
Elevation
665 m (2,182 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total
643
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website Official website

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. [2]

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

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Gitlitz & Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, 2000, St Martin's Press, ISBN   0-312-25416-4