Pol, Lugo
Encyclopedia
Pol is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. Its capital is Mosteiro
. It has been historically linked to the arrival in Galicia of Briton
immigrants in the Dark Ages
period (see Bishop Maeloc and Britonia
).
Mosteiro
Mosteiro, the singular tense for the Portuguese word for monastery, may also refer:-Portugal:* Mosteiro , a civil parish in the municipality of Oleiros* Mosteiro , a parish in the municipality of Vieira do Minho...
. It has been historically linked to the arrival in Galicia of Briton
Britons (historical)
The Britons were the Celtic people culturally dominating Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. They spoke the Insular Celtic language known as British or Brythonic...
immigrants in the Dark Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
period (see Bishop Maeloc and Britonia
Britonia
Britonia is the historical name of a settlement in Galicia which was settled in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD by Romano-Britons escaping the advancing Anglo-Saxons who were conquering Britain at the time...
).