Loriga
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- For the Spanish writer and filmmaker, see Ray Loriga.
Loriga (pron. IPA: [lu'ɾigɐ]) is a town in Portugal located in the Guarda district. It is nestled in the Serra da Estrela mountain range. The population is 1,370 (2001 estimate).
Known to be settled by the Lusitanians, the town is more than 2,600 years old and had became part of the Roman province of Lusitania. It was known as Lobriga by the Lusitanians and Lorica by the Romans. The Lusitanian rebel leader Viriathus, who fought against the Romans and is today considered a Portuguese national hero, was born in Loriga.
Loriga became a textile manufacturing center in the 1800s. While that industry has since dissipated, today the town boasts a sizable tourist trade due to its picturesque scenery and vicinity to Portugal's only ski resort.
[edit] External links
- Site about Loriga (in Portuguese and English)
- Photos of Loriga
- Photos and links of Loriga
- Portal Loriga News, local news source in Portuguese
- Concise note on the history of Loriga (source)
- Concise note on the history of Loriga (Real history of Loriga in the Portuguese Wikipedia)
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