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Roxos Destination Guide

Discover Roxos in Spain

Roxos in the region of Galicia is a town located in Spain - some 305 mi or ( 491 km ) North-West of Madrid , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Roxos

Local time in Roxos is now 09:35 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Madrid " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Porto, Vigo, Vedra, Valladolid, and Trazo. When in this area, you might want to check out Porto . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Roxos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Clavelitos - Tuna de Derecho Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

2:46 min by MatthewBrabant
Views: 18165 Rating: 4.81

la Tuna de Derecho de Santiago is singing Clavelitos at the Obradoiro Square in Santiago de Compostela. A warm night in June 2008 ..

Camino de Santiago - my journey to the beginning and the end

3:10 min by ChrisDorff
Views: 9241 Rating: 5.00

Went from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela in Spain... 5 weeks, 600km, one blister, two times heavy pain of tendinitis, loads of great people, beautiful landscapes, phantastic encounters every day, ..


Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral

0:31 min by stockshot
Views: 3485 Rating: 5.00

Santiago de Compostela is a renowned place of pilgrimage in northwest Spain, where an ancient legend claims the apostle James is buried. The pilgrims trail is one of the oldest European traditions and ..

Camino Frances de Santiago (2011)

16:18 min by specialze
Views: 3050 Rating: 5.00

Sérgio Silva / Victor Lopes ETAPAS: 1ª Etapa - SJPP / Roncesvalles ( 27 km) 2ª Etapa - Roncesvalles / Estella (93 km) 3ª Etapa - Estella / Santo Domingo de la Calzada (103 km) 4ª Etapa - Santo Domingo ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santiago (comarca)

Santiago is a comarca in the Galician Province of A Coruña. The overall population of this local region is 150,286 (2005).

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Located at 42.87 -8.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Comarcas of Galicia, Province of A Coruña

Sar (river)

The Sar is a river in Galicia, Spain. Rising near Santiago de Compostela, it flows through the A Maía valley for over 30 km. before entering the Ulla River, near Padron. Pomponius Mela (s. I AD) mentions it (Sars) in De situ orbis libri III. Galician local poetise Rosalia de Castro wrote a celebrated collection named En las Orillas del Sar ("At the Banks of the Sar"), in Castilian Spanish.

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Located at 42.85 -8.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Rivers of Galicia

FinisTerrae

Finisterrae was the 100th supercomputer in Top500 ranking in November 2007. Running at 12.97 Teraflops, it would rank at position 258 on the list as of June 2008. It is also the third most powerful supercomputer in Spain. It is located in Galicia. This project is promoted by the Xunta de Galicia (regional government of Galicia) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). It was founded in 1993 to serve as a platform to foster scientific innovation and invest in Research and Development.

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Located at 42.88 -8.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Cluster computing, Science and technology in Galicia, Supercomputers

Monasterio de San Martín Pinario

The monastery of San Martín Pinario (San Martiño Pinario in Galician) is a former Benedictine monastery in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Little remains of the original medieval buildings, as the monastery has been largely rebuilt since the sixteenth century. The monastery was closed in the nineteenth century in the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal. The buildings currently house a seminary.

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Located at 42.88 -8.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Benedictine monasteries in Spain, Buildings and structures in the Province of A Coruña, Monasteries in Galicia

Parliament of Galicia

The Parliament of Galicia (Galician: Parlamento de Galicia) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (deputados). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of the Xunta of Galicia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with four constituencies, being this the Galician provinces.

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Located at 42.87 -8.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Legislatures of the Spanish Autonomous Communities, Politics of Galicia, Unicameral legislatures