Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Website. www .xunta .gal. The Xunta de Galicia ( Galician pronunciation: [ˈʃuntɐ ðɪ ɣaˈliθjɐ]; "Regional Government of Galicia") [1] is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-president (s) and the specialized ministers ( Conselleiros ).
The name of the Kingdom in its ceremonial form, in English: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Grand Duchy of Kraków and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator, existed in all languages spoken there including German: Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und Zator; Polish: Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii wraz z Wielkim Księstwem ...
A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London. The Home Office ( HO ), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, [ 2] is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order.
Galicia ( / ɡəˈlɪʃ ( i) ə / gə-LISH (-ee)-ə; [ 3 ] Galician: Galicia (officially) [ɡaˈliθjɐ] ⓘ or Galiza [ɡaˈliθɐ] ⓘ; [ a ][ b ] Spanish: Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. [ 4 ] Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo ...
The Parliament of Galicia ( Galician: Parlamento de Galicia) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies ( deputados ). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of the Xunta of Galicia, by ...
Eastern Galicia was the most diverse part of the region, and one of the most diverse areas in Europe at the time. The Galician Jews immigrated in the Middle Ages from Germany. German-speaking people were more commonly referred to by the region of Germany where they originated (such as Saxony or Swabia ).
The Government House in Lviv, Ukraine was the residence of the governors. The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a state under the Habsburg monarchy from 1772 to 1918, was ruled by several governors (later referred to by the title of statthalter) from the September 1772 Partitions of Poland until the dissolution of Austria-Hungary upon the conclusion of World War I in 1918.
History of Galicia. The Iberian Peninsula, where Galicia is located, has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by modern humans. From about 4500 BC, it (like much of the north and west of the peninsula) was inhabited by a megalithic culture, which entered the Bronze Age about 1500 BC.