Noia

Coordinates: 42°47′N 8°53′W / 42.783°N 8.883°W / 42.783; -8.883
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Noia
town
UTC+2 (CEST
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Church of Saint Martin

Noia (Galician pronunciation:

Province of A Coruña, some 20 miles west of Santiago de Compostela near the mouth of the Tambre
river.

Noia was a thriving commercial port during the

Low Middle Ages, being at that time the third most important town of the bishopric of Santiago de Compostela, after the capital and the town of Pontevedra
. From that era it had preserved a notable old quarter, with a series of late Romanesque churches.

An image from Noia.

The "Dia das Letras Galegas" (Day of the Galician Writers) was celebrated in honour of Antón Avilés de Taramancos in 2003 and María Mariño Carou in 2007, both born in this town.

Demography

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ IGE.

42°47′N 8°53′W / 42.783°N 8.883°W / 42.783; -8.883

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