• the work of the Galician poet Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara presents arguments for the superiority of women to men?
• the illegal Galician castle constructed by Muño Peláez in 1121 was considered a "den of robbers and bandits" by contemporaries, and was soon razed?
• the Bronze Age gold Casco de Leiro was a fisherman's chance find on a beach in Galicia, Spain?
• Pedro Fróilaz de Traba (fl. 1086–1126) had an iron statue of himself erected in the square in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain ?
• Galicia started exporting plant cuttings to other European vineyards as early as the 14th century?

Facts on topics related to Galicia (Spain)

Andalusia

• Spanish soldier Manuel la Peña was widely regarded as incompetent, but rose to become Captain General of Andalusia in the Napoleonic Peninsular War?
• nearly 20 percent of the territory of Andalusia lies in environmentally protected areas?
• the High Court of Andalusia is the highest court of not only Andalusia, but also the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla?

Cantabria

• Juliobriga (ruins pictured) was the most important urban centre in Roman Cantabria?