| Northern Spain and Galicia particularly
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| | became emigration.
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| has long been an undiscovered jewel in
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| | In what has been a mountain to climb
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| the whole of the Spanish tourism
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| | slowly but surely Galicia is now trying
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| industry. All over Northern Spain the
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| | to manage successfully the twin track of
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| climate is much more moderate than the
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| | its regional lifestyle with a much more
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| rest of the Iberian Peninsula and the
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| | modern society.
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| autonomous regions that make up this area
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| | Galicia has always maintained strong
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| of the country have exactly what it takes
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| | links with the sea and the port cities of
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| to help visiting tourists have a good
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| | Vigo and Corunna are centres of culture
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| time.
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| | and industry. As befits a province that
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| The Atlantic coast of northern Spain
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| | has such reliance on the sea, the seafood
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| boasts extremely attractive sandy beaches
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| | here is amongst the best in Spain and
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| whilst inland the mountain ranges are
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| | fishing is vital to the economy.
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| criss-crossed by numerous foot paths.
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| | The small fishing villages dot the entire
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| If you look at all of the autonomous
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| | coastline. The coast which was
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| regions that make up modern day Spain,
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| | devastated by the damage caused by the
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| Galicia has to be the most remote. Found
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| | 2002 sinking of the oil tanker Prestige
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| in the North West corner of Spain,
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| | has now by almost recovered and in some
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| Galicia as has been said is a region of
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| | cases is almost better than ever.
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| vast contrasts.
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| | The most westerly point in Spain, Cabo
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| Galicia is proud to be the home of one of
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| | Fisterra is situated in this rugged
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| the most visited religious pilgrimage
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| | stretch of Galician coastline. Inland,
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| sites in the world whilst of a more
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| | the hillsides which are quite often
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| earthly nature the region is extremely
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| | shrouded in mist conceal the remains of
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| famous for its excellent cuisine
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| | Celtic settlements throughout the region.
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| especially the seafood. Such is the
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| | At road junctions and in towns
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| nature of the pilgrimage site at Santiago
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| | throughout the region stand various old
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| de Compostela that it appears to have
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| | stone crosses and in the villages old
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| inspired a tourism industry of its own.
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| | stone granaries are quite commonplace.
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| The Galicians, whose origins are Celtic,
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| | There is a very strong connection in
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| are fiercely proud of their culture and
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| | Galicia with the Celtic culture found
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| language.
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| | there and also dominant in some of the
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| Traditionally, Galicia was seen as a poor
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| | north-western territories of Europe such
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| agricultural region, whose economy did
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| | as Ireland, Scotland and Wales (not to
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| not lend itself to modernisation.
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| | mention the Bretons in France and the
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| Galicia always seemed to be a very closed
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| | Basques elsewhere in Spain) and one of
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| and inward looking area being fiercely
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| | these connections is the traditional
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| resistant to any formal external
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| | language of Galicia known as Gallego.
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| invasion. For a region that was so proud
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| | The other way the Celtic tradition is
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| of being fiercely independent Galicia
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| | also represented in Galicia is within the
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| only really had an independent monarchy
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| | various art and Cultural forms. This is
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| during between the 10th and 11th
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| | further exemplified with the slight theme
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| centuries.
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| | of melancholy running through quite often
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| Bordering Portugal to the south and
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| | the words and music of the region. With
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| enclosed by the waters of the Atlantic
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| | regards to Galicia (as with County
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| Ocean in the west Galicia could offer its
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| | Donegal in the Republic of Ireland), as
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| inhabitants little in the way of new land
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| | anyone who has experienced some of the
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| for cultivation. As with a lot of the
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| | fierce storms coming in from the Atlantic
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| major Celtic communities in Western
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| | perhaps this is understandable.
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| Europe after a while the major industry
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