Orense (in Galician and officially: Ourense ) is a town of Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia, capital of the Province of Orense. It is crossed by the river Miño. Its population is of approximately 107  000  inhabitants. It is the 3rd town of Galicia by its population behind Vigo and Corogne.

Official designation:

• Orense is the Spanish toponym recognized by the Spanish Royal Academy (Real Academia Española), and is thus used in the nonofficial documents and the conversations in Castilian.

• Ourense is the official designation adopted by the Junta of Galicia (Xunta de Galicia) like authorizes the law there.

Geography

• maximum Height: 134 meters
• Latitude: 42º 19 ' 48" NR
• Longitude: 07º 52 ' 12" W
• Surface: 85,2 km ².

Node of communication between Madrid and the Galician coast (Vigo, Pontevedra). Big step of the way of Jacques Saint, way which comes from Andalusia called Ruta da Plata .

History

Baptized by the Romans the “city of gold” ( Auriense ) because of its abundance of this metal, it was an important city of the Roman province of Hispania until its gold reserves become exhausted.

Old Roman city and capital of the Suèves (Life-VIIe S.)

Considered for its sources of warm water, of which most known is As Burgas , which made the happiness of the Romans.

Economy

Agricultural market. Hydroelectric station. Most of the population works in the tertiary sector, the services.

Monuments

• Cathedral San Martiño, romano-Gothic.
• episcopal Palate.
• Roman Bridge on the river Miño.

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