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The end of the Couto Mixto

Calvos de Randín, Limia, Ourense

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The end of the Couto Mixto

Historical milestone · Calvos de Randín, Limia, Ourense

The Couto Mixto was an independent micro-state located in the valley of the river Salas, in the sierra del Larouco, between Galicia and Portugal, made up of the hamlets of Santiago, capital of the territory, Rubiás and Meaus; it covered 26.9 km² and, according to its penultimate judge, had fewer than a thousand inhabitants between 1862 and 1864. Without being linked to either the Portuguese or the Spanish crown, it enjoyed privileges such as the right of asylum, exemption from providing soldiers and paying taxes, freedom of trade and cultivation, and the possibility for its residents to choose Spanish or Portuguese nationality. The Treaty of Lisbon of 1864 ended that sovereignty, and on 23 June 1868 the territory formally passed to Spain. Its residents had one year to choose their nationality.

23 de junio de 1868

Photo: Joseolgon (CC BY 4.0)

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