Baiona, Pontevedra

Baiona, Pontevedra

Infobox City
official_name = Concello de Baiona
nickname = Baiona


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map_caption = Situation of Baiona within Galicia
subdivision_type = Parroquias
subdivision_name = Baiona, Baredo, Baíña, Belesar, Sabaris
leader_title = Alcalde (Mayor)
leader_name = Jesús Vázquez Almuíña
area_note =
area_magnitude = 1 E7
area_total_km2 = 34.63
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
population_as_of = 2004
population_note =
population_total = 11337
population_density_km2 = 327.38
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CET
utc_offset_DST = +2
latitude = 42° 7' N
longitude = 8° 50' W
website = http://www.baiona.org/
footnotes =

Baiona (Galician: "Baiona"; Spanish: "Bayona") is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra.

Baiona is a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11,000 rises to around 45,000 in the summer, if one includes tourists. Other than tourism the major economic activities revolve around fishing.

It was founded in 140 BC by Diomedes of Aetolia. Throughout its history it has had several names including Stuciana, Abóriga, Balcagia, and Erizana. In 1201, King Alfonso IX of Leon granted the town a royal charter. In 1370, King Ferdinand I of Portugal, who was proclaimed King of Castile took up residence in the town and established his seat there until bein forced to return to Portugal. In 1474, the Baiona was seized by Don Pedro Alvarez de Soutomaior, also known as Pedro Madruga, Count of Caminha. On March 1, 1493, the Pinta, one of the ships from Columbus' voyage to discover the "New World" returned to Europe and arrived in Baiona, making the town's port the first to receive news of the discovery of America. A replica of the ship can be visited, and the event is celebrated every year.

In 1585, the inhabitants of Baiona repelled an attempt to take the town by the privateer Francis Drake. Five years later Phillip II of Spain beat the pirates that were laying the Galician coast to waste with a fleet of 98 vessels and 17,000 soldiers.

External links

* [http://www.baiona.org Concello de Baiona] Official website (Partially in English)


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