Foz
Foz is a town and municipality in the A Mariña Central comarca in the Galician province of Lugo. It has been historically linked to the Ancient Province of Mondoñedo and also linked to the arrival of Briton immigrants during the Dark Ages fleeing by sea from the British Isles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Iagocasabiell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 9,980 residents
- Description: municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain
- Also known as: “27019”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of San Martiño de Mondoñedo and Castro of Fazouro.
Basilica of San Martiño de Mondoñedo
Church
Photo: Yeza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basilica of San Martiño de Mondoñedo is a church in the municipality of Foz in Galicia. It is considered the oldest cathedral in Spain; it was the seat of two bishops in the ninth century.
Castro of Fazouro
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castro of Fazouro is situated 4 km northeast of Foz.
Capela do Bispo Santo
Church
Photo: Riciños, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela do Bispo Santo is a church, which is situated 4 km east of Foz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foz and Seoane.
Seoane
Hamlet
Photo: Agremon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seoane is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Foz.
Foz
- Category: municipality of Galicia
- Location: Lugo, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Foz from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Foz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوز”
- Aragonese: “Foz”
- Asturian: “Foz”
- Basque: “Foz”
- Breton: “Foz”
- Catalan: “Foz”
- Cebuano: “Foz”
- Chechen: “Фос (Испани)”
- Chechen: “Фос”
- Chinese: “Foz”
- Chinese: “福士”
- Chinese: “福斯”
- Danish: “Foz”
- Dimli (individual language): “Foz”
- Dutch: “Foz”
- Esperanto: “Foz”
- French: “Foz”
- Galician: “Foz”
- Georgian: “ფოსი (ესპანეთი)”
- Georgian: “ფოსი”
- German: “Foz”
- Hungarian: “Foz”
- Interlingua: “Foz”
- Interlingue: “Foz”
- Irish: “Foz”
- Italian: “Foz”
- Japanese: “フォス”
- Kazakh: “Fos”
- Kazakh: “Фос”
- Kazakh: “فوس”
- Ladin: “Foz”
- Lithuanian: “Fozas”
- Lombard: “Foz”
- Luxembourgish: “Foz”
- Malay: “Foz”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Foz”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Foz”
- Polish: “Foz”
- Portuguese: “Foz”
- Russian: “Фос”
- Spanish: “Foz”
- Swedish: “Foz”
- Tatar: “Фос (Испания)”
- Tatar: “Фос”
- Turkish: “Foz”
- Ukrainian: “Фос”
- Uzbek: “Fos”
- Uzbek: “Foz”
- Uzbek: “Фоз”
- Uzbek: “Фос”
- Venetian: “Foz”
- Waray (Philippines): “Foz”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Foz”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mondoñedo and Villarmea.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praia Area Longa and Marzan.
Galicia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Pontevedra, and A Coruña.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Foz”. Photo: Iagocasabiell, CC BY-SA 4.0.