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Castro de Troña, Pías, Ponteareas, Pontevedra Castro culture (Cultura Castreja in Portuguese, Cultura Castrexa in Galician and Cultura castreña in Spanish) is the archaeologists' descriptor for the culture of the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula (roughly present-day northern Portugal and Galicia), from the end of the Bronze Age (9th century BC) until the 1st century AD. The most notable and permanent characteristic of this culture is their walled villages, known as Castros (Latin castrum, castle). The area of these villages extends as far as the Navia and Túa rivers to the east and to the Douro River in the south. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 736 KB) Summary Taken by wikipedia Dannycas. ...
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Galician (Galego) is a language variety of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. ...
The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ...
There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia (Spain), an autonomous community in Spain. ...
The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...
In Galicia and Northern Portugal a castro is fortified pre-Roman Iron Age Celtic village, usually located in a hill or some natural easy defendable place. ...
The Douro at Oporto The Douro (Spanish Duero, Latin Durius, Portuguese Douro) is one of the major rivers of Spain and Portugal, flowing from its source near Soria across central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Oporto. ...
The area of Ave Valley, in the central area of this culture, had bigger castros, known as Citânias or Cividades, due to their city-like structure: Citânia de Sanfins, Citânia de Briteiros, Cividade de Bagunte, and Cividade de Terroso.
History The culture began to develop during the late Bronze Age as a result of strong cultural influence on the indigenous cultures coming from Central Europe and the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas. In the formative period that followed, which lasted until the 5th century BC, the castros extended from south to north and from the coast to the interior of the Iberian Peninsula. The culture continued to expand and develop for about two centuries, until it began to be influenced by the Roman Republic in the 2nd century BC. The culture went through somewhat of a transformation, as a result of the Roman conquest and formation of the Roman province of Gallaecia in the heart of the Castro cultural area, until it finally died out in the 4th Century AD. See also Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century). ...
Gallaecia or Callaecia (from Gaulish *gal-laikos smoke?-hero/warrior) was the name of a Roman province that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania (approximately the current Galicia of Spain and the north of Portugal). ...
Economy The castro economy was based on many different kinds of agriculture. Some important crops were grains such as wheat and barley, and legumes such as beans, turnips and among others. Various fruits were also harvested, such as chestnuts. Animals such as cows, horses, sheep, and pigs were raised domestically, while other animals, such as the deer, were hunted. Fish and shellfish, such as hake, were common. District or region Braga Mayor - Party Fernando Cepa PSD Area 95. ...
Mining was an integral part of the culture as well. Gold, iron, copper, tin, and lead were the most common ores mined. Castro metallurgy refined the metals from ores and cast them to make various tools. Castro ceramics was also practiced in the region. Castro jewelry has roots from the Bronze Age and was gradually influenced by Central European and Mediterranean cultures. The most characteristic jewelry are bracelets, and pendant-type earrings. Sculpture was practiced more in the south of the region, and increased under Roman rule. Their weapons were mainly swords or dagger-type weapons Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ...
A bracelet is an article of clothing or jewelry which is worn around the wrist. ...
Pairs of earrings for sale at a roadside stand in Costa Rica An earring is an ornament that is worn in the ear. ...
Religion The religious pantheon was extensive, judging from surviving inscriptions of the Gallo-Roman era, and definitely included cults and ceremonies to harmonize the people with natural forces. Funerary rites are mostly unknown, for the exception of Cividade de Terroso, where cremation was practiced. This article covers the culture of Romanized areas of Gaul. ...
In traditional usage, the cult of a religion, quite apart from its sacred writings (scriptures), its theology or myths, or the personal faith of its believers, is the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety. ...
References - e-Castrexo: Galician-Roman & Hillfort Cultures
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