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Triacastela | |
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municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Triacastela Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′N 7°13′W / 42.750°N 7.217°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | Lugo |
| Comarca | Sarria |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Miguel Ángel Fernández López |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.18 km2 (19.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 665 m (2,182 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 643 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
Triacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today. Norman (Viking) invaders in 968 A.D. pillaged here, eventually to be defeated at Cebreiro pass and driven off. They probably destroyed all three castles at that time.[2]
It is along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and many of the pilgrims stop in the town's albergues and restaurants.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Gitlitz & Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, 2000, St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-25416-4