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Tui

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is a town in Galicia (Spain), in the province of Pontevedra. It is located on the left bank of the Minho River, facing the Portuguese town of Valença.

Its original local name, Tude, was already mentioned by Pliny the Elder and by Ptolemy, in the first century of the common era. It became an episcopal see not later than the 6th century, during the Suevic rule, when bishop Anila went to the II Council of Braga. Later, in the Visigothic period, it briefly served as the capital of a Galician subkingdom under king Wittiza. After the campaigns of Alfonso I of Asturias (739–757) against the Moors, the town lay abandoned in the largely empty buffer zone between Moors and Christians, being later part of the "Repoblación" (repopulation) effort carried out a century later, during the reign of Ordoño I of Asturias (850–866). In the 10th century, it was raided by Vikings, being abandoned and later re-established in its current location.

Today the town centre is near the Inn of San Telmo. On the top of the hill, the cathedral (11th–13th century) preserves Romanesque elements in its main vestibule, and the Gothic period in the western vestibule. The town has two museums, one dedicated to archaeology and sacred art, and the other is the diocesan museum.

 

Two bridges connect Tui and Valença: Tui International Bridge (known in Portugal as Valença International Bridge), completed in 1878 under the direction of Gustave Eiffel, and a modern one from the 1990s. Both countries being signatories of the Schengen Treaty, there are normally no formalities in crossing what is the busiest border-point in Northern Portugal.

 

The municipality of Tui is composed of 11 parishes: Randufe, Malvas, Pexegueiro, Areas, Pazos de Reis, Rebordáns, Ribadelouro, Guillarei, Paramos, Baldráns and Caldelas.

 

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Tui é um município raiano da Espanha na comarca do Baixo Minho, província de Pontevedra, comunidade autónoma da Galiza, de área 68,3 km² com população de 16948 habitantes (2007) e densidade populacional de 236,69 hab/km².

 

Situada à beira do rio Minho, é a principal fronteira – por autoestrada e caminho-de-ferro – entre a Galiza e Portugal (Valença do Minho).

 

O nome do município foi dado pelos romanos como Tude, e foi mencionado pelos escritores Estrabão e Ptolemeu. Durante o período visigodo, a Catedral de Tui foi uma das sedes episcopais do reino da Galécia (actualmente correpondente à diocese de Tui-Vigo, e chegou a abranger todo o Alto-Minho). Foi depois capital de uma das sete províncias do antigo Reino da Galiza até 1833.

 

Atualmente, o centro do município fica perto da Loja de São Telmo. No alto do montezinho, a catedral preserva o período românico no seu vestíbulo principal, e o período gôtico no seu vestíbulo ocidental.

 

A cidade tem dois museus, um dedicado à arqueologia e à arte sacra, e o outro é o museu diocesano.

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