Ourense (province) - Ourense (Provinz)

Ourense(span: Orense) is a province in the spanish region Galicia. It borders in the south Portugal. Spanish neighboring provinces are (clockwise) Pontevedra, Lugo, Leon and Zamora.

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Location of the province of Ourense in Spain

Regions

places

Map of Ourense (province)

Ribadavia
Castelo de Monterrei
  • 1 OurenseWebsite of this institutionOurense in the Wikipedia encyclopediaOurense in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOurense (Q99151) in the Wikidata database, Capital of the region, especially worth seeing the Roman Bridge Ponte Vellaand the old town with the cathedral
  • 2 AllarizWebsite of this institutionAllariz in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAllariz in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAllariz (Q1438879) in the Wikidata database, the city is rich in historical buildings
  • 3 RibadaviaRibadavia in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageRibadavia in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRibadavia in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRibadavia (Q917180) in the Wikidata database with its medieval center lies at the confluence of the Río Avia in the Río Miño. The Judería is the only surviving Jewish quarter in Galicia. Numerous churches worth seeing, center of the Ribeiro wine-growing region.
  • 4 VerínWebsite of this institutionVerín in the Wikipedia encyclopediaVerín in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsVerín (Q176504) in the Wikidata database, overlooked by the Castello de Monterrei
  • 5 Barco de ValdeorrasWebsite of this institutionBarco de Valdeorras in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBarco de Valdeorras in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBarco de Valdeorras (Q1607428) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 BarbadásWebsite of this institutionBarbadás in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBarbadás in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBarbadás (Q1627578) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 CarballinoCarballino (Q24012326) in the Wikidata database
  • 8 Xinzo de LimiaXinzo de Limia in the Wikipedia encyclopediaXinzo de Limia in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsXinzo de Limia (Q918637) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

Thermal water

  • Ourense: In the province there is thermal water in several places, some of it comes from the ground at over 80 ° C. The Romans already used these sources. The thermal springs are particularly well known As Burgas in the capital
  • O Carballiño in the northwest of the province, thermal baths Caldas de Partovia and Gran Balneario

Wine-growing regions

  • Ribeira Sacra, the wine-growing region is located in the provinces of Ourense and Lugo in the narrow valleys of the Miño and Sil rivers
  • Ribeiro, south of Ribeira Sacra, which is the center of the region Ribadavia at the mouth of the Avia River in the Miño
  • Monterrei, Wine-growing region on the border with Portugal

Nature parks:

  • Serra da Enciña da Lastra Natural Park - Mountain range on the border with the province of León
  • Natural Park O Invernadeiro
  • Baixa Limia Natural Park - Serra do Xurés, the park is located on the Portuguese border and continues in Portugal under the name Parque Peneda-Gerés

background

Around 340,000 people live in the province, around one in three of them live in the capital

language

The official languages ​​are Spanish and Galician.

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