Atlantic Europe
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Atlantic Europe encompasses the western portion of Europe which borders the Atlantic Ocean. The term may refer to the idea of Atlantic Europe as a cultural unit and/or as a biogeographical region.
Atlantic Europe Atlantic Arc Atlantic Europe Rest of Europe
Galicia (Spain)
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Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra
Atlantic Europe
…Some of the first geographers to consider this idea of Atlantic Europe were Otero Pedrayo and Orlando Ribeiro. Pedrayo stated in his studies about Galicia that this territory was marked by a strong "Atlantic character", not Mediterranean, despite being part of a state often perceived as Mediterranean…
Bronze Age gold helmet from Leiro, Rianxo
Palloza houses in eastern Galicia, an evolved form of the Iron Age local roundhouses
Castro de Baroña, an Iron Age fortified settlement
A local Iron Age head warrior from Rubiás, Bande. Now in Museo Provincial de Ourense.