Map - Monforte, Lugo
Monforte post code: 27400
Information about Monforte, Lugo
Monforte de Lemos is a city and municipality in northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo, Galicia. It covers an area of 200 km² and lies 62 km from Lugo. As of 2005 it had a population of 19,472. It is located in a valley between the shores of Sil River and Miño River, in the area known as "Ribeira Sacra" (Sacred Shore), being the capital of the area. The city lies on the Cabe, a tributary of the Sil River.
The area around the town has been inhabited long before Roman occupation, with excavations dating to the Bronze Age. The Lemavos, a tribe of Celtic derivation, from which the town derives its name, also predated Romanization according to Pliny. The Lemavos were centered on the hill of San Vicente, then known as Castro Dactonium, and the actual center of the City, where the Monastery and Castle are placed. Is believed the town was destroyed in the 8th century by Muslim invasion. In the 12th century, the Count of Galicia granted Froila Diaz from the House of Lemos, for the town to be rebuilt over the ruins. The town would, from there, flourish as an agricultural market.
A lot of Monasterys were built around the city in the Middle Age, in the zone known as Ribeira Sacra (English: Sacred Shore), a place that includes the territory placed between the shores of rivers Sil and Miño, and in which the rivers run through spectacular canyons. Monforte is the capital of the ancient zone.
One of the most remarkable facts was the inauguration of the railroad lines by King Alfonso XII, on 1883 which helped Monforte to take place as an important mercadory and communication center, as long as it was Galicia's entrance by train. Two years later, in 1885 the king gave the legal treatment of "City" to Monforte, regarding his hard efforts on the railroad works.
Today
The tourism business is taking an important role on Monforte, and the transformation of the Monastery and Palace of San Vicente del Pino into a Tourist Hotel, helped in this.
A Railroad Museum has been created on the old train factory, in order to show the old steam machines that used to be repaired there, and in memory of the strong railroader tradition in the city.
The area around the town has been inhabited long before Roman occupation, with excavations dating to the Bronze Age. The Lemavos, a tribe of Celtic derivation, from which the town derives its name, also predated Romanization according to Pliny. The Lemavos were centered on the hill of San Vicente, then known as Castro Dactonium, and the actual center of the City, where the Monastery and Castle are placed. Is believed the town was destroyed in the 8th century by Muslim invasion. In the 12th century, the Count of Galicia granted Froila Diaz from the House of Lemos, for the town to be rebuilt over the ruins. The town would, from there, flourish as an agricultural market.
A lot of Monasterys were built around the city in the Middle Age, in the zone known as Ribeira Sacra (English: Sacred Shore), a place that includes the territory placed between the shores of rivers Sil and Miño, and in which the rivers run through spectacular canyons. Monforte is the capital of the ancient zone.
One of the most remarkable facts was the inauguration of the railroad lines by King Alfonso XII, on 1883 which helped Monforte to take place as an important mercadory and communication center, as long as it was Galicia's entrance by train. Two years later, in 1885 the king gave the legal treatment of "City" to Monforte, regarding his hard efforts on the railroad works.
Today
The tourism business is taking an important role on Monforte, and the transformation of the Monastery and Palace of San Vicente del Pino into a Tourist Hotel, helped in this.
A Railroad Museum has been created on the old train factory, in order to show the old steam machines that used to be repaired there, and in memory of the strong railroader tradition in the city.
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