VIVEIRO

Viveiro is a city in the northeast of Galician.  Its name comes from Latin language and it was “Vivarium” that means a place where grows trees and plants. After centuries, this word changed to Vivario, Vivairo and Viveiro. The population is about 16.000 now.

There are a lot of famous places: Porta do Castelo, the church – convent of San Francisco, declared a Historic- Artistic Site, Mount Sant Roque, where you can see a view of the Landro river. Also there are natural surroundings, such as Souto da Retorta, where you can enjoy the oldest eucaliptus forests in Europe. “O avó de Chavín” is the highest (70 metres), the thicker and the oldest.

The people of Viveiro are called  “Viveirense”. Famous Viveriense are Constanza do Castro (century XV) buried in the convent of San Francisco, Pastor Díaz (century XIX) writer, journalist and politician and Vicente Cociña, journalist and politician. He created the newspaper “El Centinela de Galicia” in 1843.                                                                

                                                                                                             Martín Pita 1º B

 

 “O Avó de Chavín” in Viveiro

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