Silleda
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Silleda is a municipality in the Spanish
Spain
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 province of Galicia in Pontevedra and capital of the same.

Usage

The villa is located in the N-525 road that connects Ourense
Ourense
Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia. Its population of 108,674 accounts for 30% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia.-Population:...

 with Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...

, and 40 km from the capital of Santiago. It has also access to the highway between Santiago de Compostela and Ourense.

Limitations

Candida Sierra, the mountains of Chamor, San Sebastian de Meda, and the rivers Ulla and Deza define the limits of the municipality of Silleda within the province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia . It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city...

. It borders the municipalities of Villa de Cruces to the north and east, Lalin
Lalín
Lalín is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the north of the province of Pontevedra, is the capital of the region of the Deza....

 to the east and south, and The Estrada and Forcarei
Forcarei
Forcarei is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra....

 to the west.

Administration

Its 169 km² is divided into 33 parish with many different appellations, but worth mentioning St. Martin, patron of five parishes, San Miguel and Santa Maria, San Salvador with four and three.

Parishes

Silleda Parishes
The municipality is composed of 33 parishes: Abades (Santa María), Ansemil (San Pedro), Breixa (Santiago),Carboeiro (Santa María), Castro (San Mamed), Cerbaña (San Salvador), Chapa (San Ciprián), Cira (Santa Eulalia), Cortegada (Santa María), Dornelas (San Martín), Escuadro (San Salvador), Fiestras (San Martín), Graba (Santa María), Lamela (San Miguel), Laro (San Salvador), Manduas (San Tirso), Margaride (San Félix), Martixe (San Cristóbal), Moalde (San Mamed),Negreiros (San Martín), Oleiros (San Miguel), Parada (Santo Tomé), Pazos (San Martín), Piñeiro (San Julián), Ponte (San Miguel), Refoxos (San Pelayo), Rellas (San Martín), Saidres (San Juan), Siador (San Miguel), Silleda (Santa María), Taboada (Santiago), Villar (San Martín) y Xestoso (Santa María).

Local economy

Famous for its cattle and agricultural fairs, with maximum expression at the international level, during the Semana Verde de Galicia. International Fair that takes place at the exhibition created for it, which owns the street covered (roofed) Europe's largest.

It is a town in continuous growth, especially since the creation of its industrial estate on the outskirts and the ring road.

Silleda Township has many people, being Bandeira (Party of the Pie) one of the most representative.

In addition, the town has many cultural artistic area (Monastery Carboeiro, Romanesque) and high natural value (Fervenzas do Toxa, one of the tallest waterfalls in Spain).

History

Most of their parishes displayed as part of the jurisdiction of Trasdeza, in the seventeenth century, which belonged to the province of Santiago. In this jurisdiction were twenty-five of the current parishes belonged to other Jurisdictions Cira, Carboeiro and Camanzo, the Stop, by parish, to the jurisdiction of Deza and that of the Coto de Acibeiro ReFox.

The name of Trasdeza appears already mentioned in the High Middle Ages and the parish of Santa Maria de Cortegada in Trasdeza, contained in documents.

In the seventeenth century referred to the vicariate of the archdeaconry Trasdeza as a dependent of Deza, of the Diocese of Lugo. Trasdeza appears, therefore, as a church name designates that in 1645 the vicariate of the name.
Party of the Pie

Location: Carballeira de Silva and Valladares.
Location: A Bandeira
Date: Saturday 3 rd da weekend
Month: August
Doughnut Festival

Location: Campo da Festa.
Location: Abbots
Date: Easter Sunday.
Month: April
Coordinates: X: 557,107 Y: 4,733,622 H: 29
Party of the Tortilla

Location: Carballeira de Castro.
Location: Freixeiro-Laro
Date: Friday of the first week of August
Month: August
Coordinates: X: 563,357 Y: 4,720,014 H: 29
Ham Festival

Venue: Feira da Praza Vella.
Location: Silleda (Casco Urbano).
Date: 2nd Friday of June (Summer Festival).
Month: June
Coordinates: X: 561,779 Y: 4,727,882 H: 29
Chestnut Festival

Venue: Social
Localidade: Field of the party. Breixo
Date: variable, Santos
Month: November
Paella Festival

Location: Field of Social Center Party do.
Localidade: O Burgo. Cortegada
Date: last month xulla VENRO do.
Month: xulla
Coordinates: X: 563,237 Y: 4,724,290 H: 29
Festival Cauldron Beef

Location: Campo da Festa.
Localidade: Pineiro
Date: variable
Month: March–April
Coordinates: X: 555,430 Y: 4,733,454 H: 29

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