Monforte de Lemos

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Monforte de Lemos is a town and municipality in northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo, region of Galicia. It covers an area of 200 square km and lies 62 km from Lugo. As of 2005 it had a population of 19,472. It lies on the Cabe, a small tributary of the Sil River.

[edit] History

The area around the town has been inhabited long before Roman occupation, with excavations dating to the Bronze Age. The Lemavos, a tribe of Celtic derivation, from which the town derives its name, also predated Romanization according to Pliny. The Lemavos were centered on the hill of San Vicente, then known as Castro Dactonium. The town was destroyed in the 8th century by Muslim invasion. In the 12th century, the Count of Galicia granted Froila Diaz from the House of Lemos, for the town to be rebuilt near the ruins. The town would, from there, flourish as an agricultural market.

[edit] Notes

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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