Ancient street in Tui BW

Ancient street in Tui, Galicia, Spain.

It is located on the left bank of the Mi�o River, facing the Portuguese town of Valen�a.Its... more

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Ancient street in Tui BW

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Ancient street in Tui, Galicia, Spain.

It is located on the left bank of the Mi�o River, facing the Portuguese town of Valen�a.Its original local name, Tude, was mentioned by Pliny the Elder and by Ptolemy in the first century AD. It became an episcopal see no later than the 6th century, during the Suevic rule, when Bishop Anila went to the II Council of Braga. Later, in the Visigothic period, it briefly served as the capital of a Galician subkingdom under king Wittiza. After the campaigns of Alfonso I of Asturias (739-757) against the Moors, the town lay abandoned in the largely empty buffer zone between Moors and Christians, being later part of the "Repoblacion" (repopulation) effort carried out a century later, during the reign of Ordo�o I of Asturias (850-866). In the 10th century, it was raided by Vikings, being abandoned and later re-established in its current location.
On the top of the hill, the cathedral (11th-13th century) preserves Romanesque elements in its main vestibule, and the Gothic period in the western vestibule.

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January 7th, 2014