Galicia, the Switzerland of Spain

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Annette M. B. Meakin

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I ANCIENT GALICIA

CHAPTER II THE GEOGRAPHY OF GALICIA

CHAPTER III THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE

CHAPTER IV THE SALVE REGINA

CHAPTER V THE LANGUAGE OF GALICIA

CHAPTER VI PILGRIMS TO SANTIAGO

CHAPTER VII THE ARCHITECTURE OF GALICIA

CHAPTER VIII THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO

CHAPTER IX THE PORTICO DE GLORIA

CHAPTER X SCULPTURED CAPITALS

CHAPTER XI THE ROYAL HOSPITAL

CHAPTER XII THE COLEGIATA DE SAR

CHAPTER XIII LA CORUnA

CHAPTER XIV EMIGRATION

CHAPTER XV ROSALIA CASTRO

CHAPTER XVI SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

CHAPTER XVII GALICIA'S LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER XVIII PADRON

CHAPTER XIX LA BELLISIMA NOYA

CHAPTER XX PONTEVEDRA

CHAPTER XXI VIGO AND TUY

CHAPTER XXII ORENSE

CHAPTER XXIII MONFORTE AND LUGO

CHAPTER XXIV BETANZOS AND FERROL

CHAPTER XXV THE GREAT MONASTERIES OF GALICIA

CHAPTER XXVI TREES, FRUITS, AND FLOWERS

CHAPTER XXVII DIVES CALLAECIA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Contents.

List of Illustrations
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THE PORTICO DE GLORIA, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO

G A L I C I A
THE SWITZERLAND OF SPAIN

BY
ANNETTE   M.  B.   MEAKIN

“Lugar mais hermoso
 No mundo n’hachara
 Qu’aquel de Galicia
 Galicia encantada.”
 Rosalia Castro

WITH 105 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

 

First Published in 1909 


THIS VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

TO

HER MAJESTY

VICTORIA EUGENIA

GALICIA’S QUEEN

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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