Principal Theatre in ruins BW
by RicardMN Photography
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Principal Theatre in ruins BW
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RicardMN Photography
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Abandoned Principal Theatre in Tui, Galicia,
Tui is located on the left bank of the Mino River, facing the Portuguese town of Valenca. Its original local name, Tude, was mentioned by Pliny the Elder and by Ptolemy in the first century AD. It became an episcopal see no later than the 6th century, during the Suevic rule, when Bishop Anila went to the II Council of Braga. Later, in the Visigothic period, it briefly served as the capital of a Galician subkingdom under king Wittiza. After the campaigns of Alfonso I of Asturias (739-757) against the Moors, the town lay abandoned in the largely empty buffer zone between Moors and Christians, being later part of the "Repoblacion" (repopulation) effort carried out a century later, during the reign of Ordono I of Asturias (850-866). In the 10th century, it was raided by Vikings, being abandoned and later re-established in its current location.
On the top of the hill, the cathedral (11th-13th century) preserves Romanesque elements in its main vestibule, and the Gothic period in the western vestibule.
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January 9th, 2014
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