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Cambados receives the title of royal town

Cambados, Salnés, Pontevedra

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Cambados receives the title of royal town

Historical milestone · Cambados, Salnés, Pontevedra

Image of Cambados, not of the place itself.

Ferdinand II granted Cambados in 1170 the status of a most royal town, a privilege that consolidated its role as port and market on the eastern shore of the ría de Arousa against the power of the local lords.

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Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lmbuga http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lmbuga (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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