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TUY
, a See also:city of See also:north-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Pontevedra, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Mino (Portuguese Minho), opposite Valenga do Minho, which stands on the See also:left bank in Portuguese territory
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(1900), 11,113
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Tuy is the See also:southern See also:terminus of the See also:railways to See also:Santiago de Compostela and See also:Corunna; Valenga do Minho is the See also:northern terminus of the Portuguese railway to See also:Oporto
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Near Tuy rises the See also:Monte See also:San Cristobal, whose far-spreading spurs constitute the fertile and picturesque See also:Vega del Oro
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To the See also:east is the river Louro, a right-See also:hand tributary of the Mino abounding in See also:salmon, See also:trout, See also:lamprey, eels and other fishes; and beyond the Louro, on the railway to Corunna, are the hot See also:mineral springs of San See also: During See also:part of the 7th century Tuy was the Visigothic See also:capital . It was taken from the See also:Moors by See also:Alphonso VII. in the 12th century . As a frontier fortress it played an important part in the See also:wars between See also:Portugal and See also:Castile . |
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