At present, Galicia is not a sovereign country but an Autonomous Territory of Spain. It holds "national status" as recognised by Galician Statute of Autonomy (1981) and the Spanish Constitution (1978).
Galicia as an independent political entity appears in year 411 CE, with the establishment of the Kingdom of Galicia, preceding in many centuries the emergence of Spain.
Internationally, Galicia was recognIsed as an European nation during the 11th Congress of European Nationalities celebrated in Bern (Switzerland) in September 1933. This Congress was an organism under the United Nations.
Galicia (NW Spain)
Galician is mainly spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is also spoken in parts of Asturias, Castile and LeΓ³n, and in other Spanish regions with Galician immigrant communities.
They speak Galician in Galicia which is in the extreme northwest corner of the country.
The Tello surname was first recorded in Galicia, in northwestern Spain.
Galicia is in northwestern Spain.
Kingdom of Galicia ended in 1157.
Yuri I of Galicia died in 1308.
Andrew of Galicia died in 1323.
Diet of Galicia was created in 1861.
Daniel of Galicia was born in 1201.
Daniel of Galicia died in 1264.
Faustino Galicia died in 1877.