Settlement Type: | municipality |
Official Name: | Triacastela |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Sarria |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Coordinates: | 42.75°N -20°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Miguel Ángel Fernández López |
Area Total Km2: | 51.18 |
Elevation M: | 665 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Triacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today. Norman (Viking) invaders in 968 A.D. pillaged here, eventually to be defeated at Cebreiro pass and driven off. They probably destroyed all three castles at that time.[1] It is along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and many of the pilgrims stop in the town's albergues and restaurants.