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| | Rias Baixas Web, Galicia. Pontevedra, an historic City. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Even though Pontevedra’s origins come from the Celtic villages of Santa Maria and San Francisco, mythologicaly it is attributed the foundation of City to the Greek Teucro, brother of Ajax, who fought in the Troya war. |
 | | Pontevedra’s shipyards built the best ships of the time, for example the Santa Maria, the main ship of Columbus' expedition to America. |
 | | After the loss of Galicia’s political power in the XVI century, the city of Pontevedra found itself plunged into centuries of decadence, which became worse due to the low depth of the river Lerez, forcing the closure of the port. |
| www.riasbaixas.net /villages/ptvhist.htm (273 words) |
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