Vilalba
Encyclopedia
Vilalba, is a municipality in Galicia (Spain
), specifically in the province of Lugo
.
But the proliferation of written press does not end there, but it will continue in the same year and the following ones with the first newspaper written entirely in Galician in the town, A Xustiza (1918), and in a little time: Aurora (1918), El Gato (1919), La Voz Villalbesa (1921), El Progreso Villalbés (1922) founded by Enríquez Chanot, El Villalbés (1925), El Villalbés de Buenos Aires (1927) or La Unión Ciudadana (1929). In the years of the II Republic was edited a politically active newspaper, the Faro Villalbés (1932). One of their more significative columnists was Carmiña Prieto Rouco, authoress of the "Himno da Terra Cha".
In the years of the dictatorship only two newspapers saw the light, both of them dealt mainly with sports: Stadium (1949) and El Castillo (1950). It will be necessary to wait until 1983 for a new newspaper with a wider repercussion, albeit short-lived: A Voz de Vilalba
.
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Spain
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), specifically in the province of Lugo
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...
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Journalistic Tradition
Villalba had during the 20th century a rich journalistic tradition that began in 1902 with the Ideal Villalbés, a newspaper handwritten by the poet and journalist Antonio García Hermida. This first episode will be continued, in a more professional form, by the El Eco de Villalba (1908) under the hand of Manuel Mato Vizoso and Novo Freire. After this they will come: El Ratón (1910), El Vigía Villalbés (1913), Azul y Blanco (1914), Villalba y su comarca (1915), Galicia pintoresca (1916) or El Heraldo de Villalba (1916) which will consecrate García Hermida's as a professional journalist.But the proliferation of written press does not end there, but it will continue in the same year and the following ones with the first newspaper written entirely in Galician in the town, A Xustiza (1918), and in a little time: Aurora (1918), El Gato (1919), La Voz Villalbesa (1921), El Progreso Villalbés (1922) founded by Enríquez Chanot, El Villalbés (1925), El Villalbés de Buenos Aires (1927) or La Unión Ciudadana (1929). In the years of the II Republic was edited a politically active newspaper, the Faro Villalbés (1932). One of their more significative columnists was Carmiña Prieto Rouco, authoress of the "Himno da Terra Cha".
In the years of the dictatorship only two newspapers saw the light, both of them dealt mainly with sports: Stadium (1949) and El Castillo (1950). It will be necessary to wait until 1983 for a new newspaper with a wider repercussion, albeit short-lived: A Voz de Vilalba
A Voz de Vilalba
A Voz de Vilalba was a newspaper edited in Vilalba between 1983 and 1986. During these years twenty-seven numbers and some special numbers were published, and the average edition was five hundred copies...
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The Tree
The town is unusual in having given its name to a local tree, the Pravia, which is a white maple located near the town's Parador (a fortress converted into an hotelParador
A parador , in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, is a kind of luxury hotel, usually located in a historic building such as a monastery or castle. Parar means to stop, halt or stay.- Paradores de Turismo de España :...
).
Notable Galicians born in Vilalba
- Ramón ChaoRamón ChaoRamón Luís Chao Rego is a Spanish journalist and writer. He won the Premio de Virtuosismo for Piano in . The same year he moved to Paris, France to study music with Nadia Boulanger and Lazare Lèvy. In began his collaboration with the RTF's Iberian languages Service. He was Head of this service ...
Journalist, writer, and father of singer Manu ChaoManu ChaoManu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages... - Manuel Fraga IribarneManuel Fraga IribarneManuel Fraga Iribarne is a Spanish People's Party politician. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime and the subsequent transition to democracy. He served as the President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005...
Former MinisterMinister (government)A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
during Francisco FrancoFrancisco FrancoFrancisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
's fascist dictatorship and President of the Galician Parliament between (1990-2005) by the Galician People's PartyGalician People's PartyThe Galician People's Party was a Galician political party in the first years of the Spanish democracy.-History:It was founded in July 1976 as a result of the union of the Democratic Union of Galicia, led by Xaime Illa Couto, and the Galician Democratic Left, led by Fernando García Agudín...
See also
- The Andrade FamilyAndradeOriginally, the name Andrade could have come from any of numerous places of the same name in Galicia or northern Portugal and several Andrade are known from documents dating back to the 12th century. Most likely, however, it originated in the small fief of San Martiño de Andrade Originally, the...
, Counts of Andrade and PontedeumePontedeumePontedeume is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, north-western Spain.- Industry :Farming and services are the main economic activities, though from the late 1950s and particularly from the mid 1970s Pontedeume has developed into a coastal resort.- Parishes :Pontedeume is divided...
, and Lords of Ferrol, Serantes and Vilar.