41 Facts About Pontevedra

Pontevedra is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula.

Pontevedra is the second city in Galicia for its rich heritage, only after Santiago de Compostela.

Pontevedra city has an important group of monumental buildings, including the Basilica of Saint Mary Major with its plateresque Renaissance facade, the Baroque Church of the Pilgrim Virgin with its rounded facade, the ruins of the Gothic Convent of San Domingo, the Gothic Church of San Francisco, the Baroque Church of San Bartholomew and the Gothic Convent of Santa Clare .

Pontevedra is the seat of the Provincial Deputation, the prefecture of the province of Pontevedra as well as the Palace of Justice and the provincial district court, the provincial police station and the provincial administrative offices.

Pontevedra has the second largest "old town" in Galicia, only after Santiago de Compostela.

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Pontevedra was on the route of the Way of Saint James, namely its southern or the Portuguese Way.

At that time, Pontevedra was the largest Galician port, as it was a secure port open to the sea.

All in all, Pontevedra sees in this century a cultural, economic and urban revival.

Improvements in the communications network during the 1980s and 1990s helped Pontevedra to regain weight in the Rias Baixas region, acting again as a trade hub and focusing on its administrative functions as provincial capital.

Since 1999 Pontevedra has seen intense urban renewal and cultural revival, positively influencing the local economy.

Municipality of Pontevedra is located between 42°20' and 42°30' north and 8°33' and 8°41' west, in the southwestern Galician coast, an area popularly known as Rias Baixas.

Main parroquias of Pontevedra are: Alba, Bora, Campano, A Canicouva, Cerponzons, Estribela, Lerez, Lourizan, Marcon, Mourente, Ponte Sampaio, Salcedo, San Xose, Santa Maria de Xeve, Tomeza, Verducido, Xeve.

Neighbourhoods or main areas of Pontevedra are: the old town, O Burgo, Campolongo, Mollabao, Monte Porreiro, A Parda, A Seca, Valdecorvos, Salgueirinos, Gorgullon.

Yet, like all the Galician coast, Pontevedra is subject to occasional Atlantic storms in winter.

Population of Pontevedra is aging, with generational replacement is not necessarily assured, although the city's population has been gradually growing in recent years.

Pontevedra is the city with the youngest population in Galicia and northwest Spain and the Galician city that attracts the most people to live in, together with Santiago de Compostela.

Pontevedra has a pedestrian city centre which, together with parks such as Las Palmeras and squares, make the city very pleasant to walk in and give it a high quality of life.

Capital of the province of Pontevedra has become one of the most pedestrianised cities in Spain over the last fifteen years.

In 1999 Pontevedra began its transformation process by pedestrianizing its old town.

In 2010, Pontevedra was the first provincial capital in Spain to reduce the maximum speed in the city centre to 30 kilometres per hour and in 2019 to 10 kilometres per hour in the city centre.

Pontevedra was recognized in 2016 as one of the 15 best cycling cities in the world.

The urban model of the city of Pontevedra follows the models of other European cities such as Amsterdam, Bruges or Copenhagen.

AVE high-speed train reaches Pontevedra and the city is a stop on the "Atlantic Line", running from the northern Galician city of A Coruna to Lisbon .

The Pontevedra marina is close to the old town and the commercial and fishing port of Marin and Ria de Pontevedra, 5 kilometres west of the city centre.

Thanks to a remarkable old town, the surrounding landscape and its former medieval port, Pontevedra has been defined as a "charming city" and "an authentic Galician city".

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Praza de San Xose It is in the square of St Joseph that stands the monument to the Tertulia, a bronze monument, officially called the Literary Circle in Modern Coffee, recalling that Pontevedra was the cradle of Galician intellectuals in the early twentieth century, it is formed by several intellectuals drinking coffee.

At the top of the former Pontevedra Savings Bank building is a large bronze sculpture, 6 metres high, of the Greek hero Teucer statue, the mythical founder of the city.

Pontevedra is the second largest city in Galicia in terms of green areas per square kilometre per capita.

City is the capital of the province of Pontevedra, and is therefore home to the provincial, autonomous and Central Government administrative bodies.

Pontevedra is a provincial and comarcal capital, as well as seat of the district court.

Pontevedra was the seat of the Caixa de Pontevedra credit union, eventually merged into other entities up to the current Abanca.

Exhaustion of the soil of industrial estate O Campino and the lack of development of more industrial land in the municipality of Pontevedra has led to the development of estates in areas of metropolitan area of Pontevedra such as Ponte Caldelas, Barro-Meis, Poio or Marin.

Pontevedra is well provided with quality private and public clinics and health centres, where the Montecelo Hospital stands out as the largest health centre in the comarca and one of the largest in the province.

The University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra includes the Pontevedra Provincial Hospital founded in 1897 and located in the centre of the city and the Montecelo Hospital created in 1973 and located in the parish of Mourente; apart from other centres.

City houses a number of university departments in the Pontevedra Campus, acting as a branch of the University of Vigo, which have campuses in the cities of Pontevedra, Ourense and Vigo.

Cultural infrastructure in Pontevedra is mainly represented by two venues: The Teatro Principal, in the old town, with a capacity of 434 seated spectators; and the Auditorium-Congress Hall, a modern complex composed by an auditorium with capacity for 772 seated people, a large congress hall, and a number of meeting rooms and smaller halls.

Pontevedra Conservatory was established in 1863 and is celebrating its sesquicentenary in 2013.

Pontevedra has a long sporting tradition, with a number of teams competing professionally in different categories.

Pontevedra is the seat of the Centro Galego de Tecnificacion Deportiva, and it hosts a number of rowing and canoeing clubs.

An ancient town and medieval port, Pontevedra has been described as a "definitive old Galician town".

Pontevedra has a large pedestrian centre which, together with a number of parks and public squares, makes the city very pleasant for strolling.