Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north.

Galicia, also known by its variant name Galizia[ 1 ] (/ ɡəˈlɪʃ (i) ə / gə-LISH- (ee-)ə; [ 2 ] Polish: Galicja, IPA: [ɡaˈlit͡sja] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Галичина, romanized:Halychyna, IPA: [ɦɐlɪtʃɪˈnɑ]; Yiddish: גאַליציע, romanized:Galitsye; see below), is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, lon...

Galicia, historic region of eastern Europe that was a part of Poland before Austria annexed it in 1772; in the 20th century it was restored to Poland but was later divided between Poland and the Soviet Union. During the Middle Ages, eastern Galicia, situated between Hungary, Poland, and …

Jan 6, 2025 · Galicia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain, encompassing the northwestern provincias (provinces) of Lugo, A Coruña, Pontevedra, and Ourense. It is roughly coextensive with the former kingdom of Galicia.

Galicia is a historical and geographical region in central-eastern Europe, today divided between western Ukraine and eastern Poland. Galicia as a geopolitical entity was created in 1772 with the establishment of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, …

Aug 14, 2024 · Where is Galicia in Spain? Tucked away in Spain’s northwestern corner, Galicia is famously remote. It’s hemmed in by 6,500ft-high mountains that separate it from the rest of the country, while its rugged coast faces onto the Atlantic Ocean. It used to take nearly five hours by car to reach Galicia from Madrid.

Galicia is both an autonomous community and a historical nation in northwestern Spain. The capital is Santiago de Compostela. Galicia is a coastal region well known for its mild climate and distinct geography, with many peninsulas and rías giving the region a long coastline and a strong relationship to the sea. Photo: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jul 29, 2012 · Galicia gives travellers an alternative Spanish experience. With its strong Celtic connections, wild beaches and arguably the best seafood in Europe, this unique region in Spain ’s northwest remains largely unexplored by the tourists flocking to Barcelona or the Costa del Sol.

Galicia, a unique region with its own language and distinctive culture, is home to Santiago de Compostela, the destination of more than quarter of a million souls who travel each year along the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trails.

Galicia stretched over more than 500 km (approx. 320 mi) along the northeast slopes of the Beskids and Carpathians Mountains. It was bordered to the South by the Carpathians against Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine and in the West the border towns of Bielitz (Bielsko-Biala) and Myslowitz (Mysolowice) abutted Prussian Silesia and Austria.