Pontevedra

File:Paseo marítimo de Pontevedra capital.JPG

The city skyline

File:Bandera de Pontevedra.svg

Flag

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coat of arms

Pontevedra (Spanish: [ponteˈβeðɾa]) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the Comarca (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rias Baixas in Galicia. As of 2014, the population was 82,946.

Pontevedra Media

• Teucer statue on San José square

• Fiel Contraste.jpg

  Fiel Contraste, escultura de Ramón Conde situada trala casa consistorial de Pontevedra. Foi instalada o 30 de abril de 2010.

• Debuxo de Pontevedra por Pier Maria Baldi (1669).jpg

  Pontevedra in 1669 in an illustration by Pier Maria Baldi

• 19th century map of the city (1856), by Francisco Coello de Portugal y Quesada

• Pontevedra in 1908, by Enrique Campo

• Partial view of the city from the A Caeira area

• Praza da Leña, the old firewood marketplace, in the old town

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  Burgo Bridge was built in the 12th century near the former site of a Roman bridge, the "old bridge" that gave the city its name.

• Ria of Pontevedra, Congress Hall and Tirantes Bridge

• Paseo Marítimo de Pontevedra capital e Isla de Tambo.jpg

  Pontevedra seafront promenade

Other websites

• Concello de Pontevedra Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine - Official site of the local government (in Galician and Spanish, with summarised versions in English and French)
• Turismo en Pontevedra Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - Official site of the Pontevedra tourist board, maintained by the local government (in Galician, English, Spanish and French)
• Galicia: cities to live, cities to enjoy (PDF; 13,7 MB)
• Rias Baixas Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine