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Ribadavia is a town and municipality located in the southwest of the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Ribeiro. The urban area lies on the right bank of the Miño river and the last course of the Avia river. It is the capital of the comarca of the Ribeiro. Near N-120 road and A-52 Rias Baixas highway, it is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the provincial capital and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Vigo.
The town was declared a Historic-Artistic ensemble in 1947. Near the Campo da Feira, one can find the ruins of the castle of the Sarmientos, the Counts of Ribadavia, dating from the fifteenth century. It still preserves the interior, towers and the walls. Parts of the walls that surrounded the town are also still standing. Inside the old quarter (casco vello/Barrio Xudeu), one can visit the main square (Praza Maior) with interesting buildings like the sixteenth-century town hall. There are also buildings remaining from what was once a large Jewish quarter, including a synagogue.
All the economic life of the comarca of the Ribeiro has centered on, since the twelfth century, the vines first brought by the monks of Cluny who accompanied the first count of Galicia, Raymond of Burgundy. Today, the wine is commercialised under the protected designation of origin Ribeiro.
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El castillo de Ribadavia, también conocido como castillo de los condes Sarmiento, es una antigua fortificación situada en el municipio gallego de Ribadavia, en un promontorio a orillas del río Avia. Fue residencia de los Condes de Ribadavia, de la familia Sarmiento, hasta el siglo XVII.
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El Museo Etnológico de Ribadavia, de titularidad estatal y gestión transferida a la Junta de Galicia, primeramente funcionó como sección del Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Orense. Fue concebido por Manuel Chamoso Lamas.
Museo etnográfico
Convento, del siglo XIII.
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