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Compendium of Galician culture

A growing map of people, works, places, institutions and events connected with the culture of Galicia.

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The Compendium brings together biographies, works, places, institutions and events of Galician culture and the links between them. Each entry lists its sources and, for images, their authorship and terms of use.

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Alfonso X o SabioMonarch and cultural patron · 13th centuryAlfredo BrañasWriter and ideologue · 1859–1900Alfredo Nan de AllarizWriter · 1875–1927Álvaro CunqueiroWriter and journalist · 1911–1981Amador MontenegroWriter and journalist · 1864–1932Andrés GaosViolinist and composer · 1874–1959Ángeles AlvariñoOceanographer and zoologist · 1916–2005Antón Losada DiéguezWriter and politician · 1884–1929Antón Villar PonteJournalist and writer · 1881–1936Antonia Ferrín MoreirasAstronomer and mathematician · 1914–2009Antonio López FerreiroWriter and historian · 1837–1910Camilo Díaz BaliñoArtist and writer · 1889–1936Carlos CasaresFiction writer, essayist and editor · 1941–2002CastelaoWriter, artist and intellectual · 1886–1950Celso Emilio FerreiroPoet · 1912–1979Chano PiñeiroFilmmaker · 1954–1995Domingo FontánMathematician, geographer and cartographer · 1788–1866Eduardo PondalPoet · 1835–1917Elena ColmeiroSculptor and ceramic artist · 1932–2021Emilia Pardo BazánWriter, editor and intellectual · 1851–1921Enrique Labarta PoseWriter and journalist · 1863–1925Federico García LorcaPoet and playwright · 1898–1936Florentino López CuevillasArchaeologist and historian · 1886–1958Francisco AñónPoet · 1812–1878Francisco Fernández del RiegoWriter, editor and cultural activist · 1913–2010Francisco María de la IglesiaWriter · 1827–1897Galo Salinas RodríguezWriter · 1852–1926Heraclio Pérez PlacerDoctor, writer, journalist and editor · 1866–1926Isaac Díaz PardoArtist, designer and cultural promoter · 1920–2012Isidro Parga PondalGeologist and chemist · 1900–1986Jimena Fernández de la VegaPhysician and researcher · 1895–1984José Gil GilPhotographer and filmmaker · 1870–1937Juan MontesComposer and musician · 1840–1899LaxeiroPainter · 1908–1996Luís Amado CarballoPoet and writer · 1901–1927Luís Otero PimentelSoldier and writer · 1834–1920Luís SeoaneArtist, editor and intellectual · 1910–1979Luísa VillaltaWriter and violinist · 1957–2004Manuel AntonioAvant-garde poet · 1900–1930Manuel Curros EnríquezPoet and journalist · 1851–1908Manuel Lago GonzálezClergyman and poet · 1865–1925Manuel Leiras PulpeiroWriter · 1854–1912Manuel Lugrís FreirePoet, essayist and playwright · 1863–1940Manuel MaríaPoet and writer · 1929–2004Manuel MurguíaHistorian, writer and intellectual · 1833–1923Marcial del AdalidComposer and pianist · 1826–1881Marcial ValladaresJournalist, poet, novelist and lexicographer · 1821–1903María CasaresActress · 1922–1996María Victoria MorenoWriter and teacher · 1939–2005María WonenburgerMathematician · 1927–2014Martin CodaxGalician troubadour · 13th centuryMartín SarmientoClergyman and writer · 1695–1772Maruja MalloAvant-garde painter and artist · 1902–1995Mestre MateoArchitect and sculptor · 12th centuryOlimpia ValenciaPhysician · 1898–1987Rafael DiesteWriter and intellectual · 1899–1981Ramón Armada TeixeiroWriter, poet and playwright · 1858–1920Ramón CabanillasPoet · 1876–1959Ramón María AllerAstronomer and mathematician · 1878–1966Ramón María del Valle-InclánPlaywright, poet and novelist · 1866–1936Ramón Otero PedrayoWriter, geographer and intellectual · 1888–1976Reveriano SoutulloComposer · 1880–1932Ricardo Carvalho CaleroPhilologist, writer and professor · 1910–1990Roberto Blanco TorresJournalist and poet · 1891–1936Rosalía de CastroPoet and novelist · 1837–1885Urbano González VarelaPainter, writer and journalist · 1868–1906Uxío Carré AldaoWriter and researcher · 1859–1932Uxío NovoneyraPoet · 1930–1999Valentín Lamas CarvajalWriter and journalist · 1849–1906Valentín Paz-AndradeJurist, economist, writer and journalist · 1898–1987Vicente RiscoWriter and thinker · 1884–1963Xela AriasPoet, translator and editor · 1962–2003Xesús Rodríguez LópezDoctor and writer · 1859–1917Xoán Manuel PintosWriter · 1811–1876Xoán Vicente ViqueiraPhilosopher, psychologist and educator · 1886–1924Xohana TorresPoet, novelist, playwright and translator · 1929–2017Xosé Fernández NeiraWriter and soldier · n. 1790Xosé Lesta MeisWriter and journalist · 1887–1930Xosé Neira VilasWriter and cultural activist · 1928–2015Xosé Pérez BallesterosWriter and folklore researcher · 1833–1918Xulia MinguillónPainter · 1906–1965A escola de DoloriñaspinturaAdiós María1971 · novelaAires da miña terra1880 · poesía · OurenseAnagnórise1988 · narrativa xuvenilCantares Gallegos1863 · poesía · VigoCantigas de amigo by Martin Codaxséculo XIII · lírica e música medieval · VigoDarío a diario1996 · poesíaDe catro a catro1928 · poesía · GaliciaEn concreto2004 · poesíaFollas novas1880 · poesía · Madrid · A HabanaGeometric Map of Galicia1845 · cartografíaHispánicasmúsica instrumentalIntempériome2003 · poesíaLa leyenda del beso1924 · zarzuelaLonga noite de pedra1962 · poesía · GaliciaMamasunción1984 · curtametraxeMemorias dun neno labrego1961 · narrativa · Bos AiresMerlín e familia1955 · narrativa · GaliciaMúsica reservada1991 · poesíaNegra sombra1892 · canción / versión coralO porco de pé1928 · narrativa · GaliciaOs eidos1955 · poesíaOs vellos non deben de namorarse1941 · estrea / 1953 · edición · teatro · Bos AiresQueixumes dos pinos1886 · poesía · A CoruñaScórpio1987 · novelaSeis poemas galegos1935 · poesía · Santiago de CompostelaSempre en Galiza1944 · ensaio · Bos AiresSempre Xonxa1989 · longametraxeTerra Chá1954 · poesíaTigres como cabalos1990 · poesía e fotografíaVento ferido1967 · relatosVento mareiro1915 · poesíaPublication of Cantares Gallegos1863 · VigoPublication of Follas novas1880 · Madrid · A HabanaPublication of Queixumes dos pinos1886 · A CoruñaOfficial inauguration of the Real Academia Galega1906-09-30 · A CoruñaBeginning of the Irmandades da Fala1916 · A Coruña · GaliciaFoundation of the Seminario de Estudos Galegos1923 · Santiago de CompostelaFoundation of the Museo de Pontevedra1927-12-30 · PontevedraPublication of De catro a catro1928 · GaliciaOpening of the Museo de Pontevedra to the public1929-08-10 · PontevedraPremiere of Os vellos non deben de namorarse1941-08-14 · Teatro Mayo, Bos AiresPublication of Memorias dun neno labrego1961 · Bos AiresLaunch of Ediciós do Castro1963 · SadaFirst Galician Literature Day1963-05-17 · GaliciaPublication of Vento ferido1967 · GaliciaCreation of the Carlos Maside Museum1970 · O Castro de Samoedo, SadaFounding of the Museo do Pobo Galego1976 · Santiago de CompostelaPremiere of Sempre Xonxa1989 · GaliciaCreation of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea1993 · Santiago de CompostelaThe Galician EntroidoFestive tradition · before LentThe Rapa das BestasFestive tradition · summerA CoruñaA Coruña, GaliciaCasa Museo María PitaA CoruñaCatedral de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaCelanovaOurense, GaliciaCidade da Cultura de GaliciaSantiago de CompostelaFisterraA Coruña, GaliciaFundación Luis Seoane · sedeSan Francisco 27, A CoruñaGres · Vila de CrucesVila de Cruces, PontevedraMondoñedoLugo, GaliciaMonte GaiásSantiago de CompostelaO Castro de SamoedoSada, A CoruñaOurenseOurense, GaliciaPadrónA Coruña, GaliciaPontecesoA Coruña, GaliciaPórtico da GloriaCatedral de Santiago de CompostelaRianxoA Coruña, GaliciaSan Domingos de BonavalSantiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaA Coruña, GaliciaSargadelos · CervoCervo, LugoVigoPontevedra, GaliciaViveiroLugo, GaliciaArquivo Sonoro de GaliciaSantiago de CompostelaCentro Galego de Arte ContemporáneaSantiago de CompostelaCentro Ramón Piñeiro para a Investigación en HumanidadesSantiago de CompostelaConsello da Cultura GalegaSantiago de CompostelaEdiciós do CastroSadaFundación Luis SeoaneA CoruñaIrmandades da FalaGaliciaLaboratorio de FormasGalicia · ArxentinaMuseo de PontevedraPontevedraMuseo do Pobo GalegoSantiago de CompostelaMuseo Galego de Arte Contemporánea Carlos MasideSadaReal Academia GalegaA CoruñaSargadelosCervo · SadaSeminario de Estudos GalegosSantiago de Compostela