Silleda
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| Concello de Silleda | |||
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| Nickname(s): Silleda | |||
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| Coordinates: 42°42′00″N 8°14′00″W / 42.7°N 8.233333°W | |||
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| • Alcalde (Ofelia Rei Racimil) | |||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 169 km2 (65 sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CET (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | www.turismosilleda.es | ||
Silleda is a municipality in the Spanish province of Galicia in Pontevedra and capital of the same.
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[edit] Usage
The villa is located in the N-525 road that connects Ourense with Santiago de Compostela, and 40 km from the capital of Santiago. It has also access to the highway between Santiago de Compostela and Ourense.
[edit] Limitations
Candida Sierra, the mountains of Chamor, San Sebastian de Meda, and the rivers Ulla and Deza define the limits of the municipality of Silleda within the province of Pontevedra. It borders the municipalities of Villa de Cruces to the north and east, Lalin to the east and south, and The Estrada and Forcarei to the west.
[edit] Administration
Its 169 km² is divided into 33 parish with many different appellations, but worth mentioning St. Martin, patron of five parishes, San Miguel and Santa Maria, San Salvador with four and three.
[edit] Parishes
Silleda Parishes The municipality is composed of 33 parishes: Abades (Santa María), Ansemil (San Pedro), Breixa (Santiago),Carboeiro (Santa María), Castro (San Mamed), Cerbaña (San Salvador), Chapa (San Ciprián), Cira (Santa Eulalia), Cortegada (Santa María), Dornelas (San Martín), Escuadro (San Salvador), Fiestras (San Martín), Graba (Santa María), Lamela (San Miguel), Laro (San Salvador), Manduas (San Tirso), Margaride (San Félix), Martixe (San Cristóbal), Moalde (San Mamed),Negreiros (San Martín), Oleiros (San Miguel), Parada (Santo Tomé), Pazos (San Martín), Piñeiro (San Julián), Ponte (San Miguel), Refoxos (San Pelayo), Rellas (San Martín), Saidres (San Juan), Siador (San Miguel), Silleda (Santa María), Taboada (Santiago), Villar (San Martín) y Xestoso (Santa María).
[edit] Local economy
Famous for its cattle and agricultural fairs, with maximum expression at the international level, during the Semana Verde de Galicia. International Fair that takes place at the exhibition created for it, which owns the street covered (roofed) Europe's largest.
It is a town in continuous growth, especially since the creation of its industrial estate on the outskirts and the ring road.
Silleda Township has many people, being Bandeira (Party of the Pie) one of the most representative.
In addition, the town has many cultural artistic area (Monastery Carboeiro, Romanesque) and high natural value (Fervenzas do Toxa, one of the tallest waterfalls in Spain).
[edit] History
Most of their parishes displayed as part of the jurisdiction of Trasdeza, in the seventeenth century, which belonged to the province of Santiago. In this jurisdiction were twenty-five of the current parishes belonged to other Jurisdictions Cira, Carboeiro and Camanzo, the Stop, by parish, to the jurisdiction of Deza and that of the Coto de Acibeiro ReFox.
The name of Trasdeza appears already mentioned in the High Middle Ages and the parish of Santa Maria de Cortegada in Trasdeza, contained in documents.
In the seventeenth century referred to the vicariate of the archdeaconry Trasdeza as a dependent of Deza, of the Diocese of Lugo. Trasdeza appears, therefore, as a church name designates that in 1645 the vicariate of the name.
[edit] Celebrations
[edit] Party of the Pie
Location: Carballeira de Silva and Valladares. Location: A Bandeira Date: Saturday 3 rd da weekend Month: August
[edit] Doughnut Festival
Location: Campo da Festa. Location: Abbots Date: Easter Sunday. Month: April Coordinates: X: 557,107 Y: 4,733,622 H: 29
[edit] Party of the Tortilla
Location: Carballeira de Castro. Location: Freixeiro-Laro Date: Friday of the first week of August Month: August Coordinates: X: 563,357 Y: 4,720,014 H: 29
[edit] Ham Festival
Venue: Feira da Praza Vella. Location: Silleda (Casco Urbano). Date: 2nd Friday of June (Summer Festival). Month: June Coordinates: X: 561,779 Y: 4,727,882 H: 29
[edit] Chestnut Festival
Venue: Social Localidade: Field of the party. Breixo Date: variable, Santos Month: November
[edit] Paella Festival
Location: Field of Social Center Party do. Localidade: O Burgo. Cortegada Date: last month xulla VENRO do. Month: xulla Coordinates: X: 563,237 Y: 4,724,290 H: 29
[edit] Festival Cauldron Beef
Location: Campo da Festa. Localidade: Pineiro Date: variable Month: March–April Coordinates: X: 555,430 Y: 4,733,454 H: 29
[edit] External links
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