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Triacastela
municipality

Coat of arms
Triacastela Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°45′N 7°13′W / 42.750°N 7.217°W / 42.750; -7.217
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.

References

^ 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

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