Subject: Medieval tripoint<br/>
Date: Feb 27, 2003 @ 21:46<br/>
Author: Francisco Santos (&quot;Francisco Santos&quot; &lt;xuax@netvisao.pt&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1489978030">In the middle ages in northern Portugal there was a tripoint between the<br/>
medieval kingdoms of Galiza (Galicia), León and Portugal. Nowadays, in the<br/>
same (tri)point there is the Spanish Autonomous Region of Galicia at west,<br/>
the Spanish Autonomous Region of Castilla-León at east, and the Portuguese<br/>
Republic at south.<br/>
The curiousity is that the tripoint still has the same old medieval name:<br/>
Penedo dos Três Reinos (i.e.&quot;Rock of the Three Kingdoms&quot;). The name is no<br/>
longer &quot;true&quot;, because Portugal is a Republic since 1910 and the other two<br/>
are now regions of the Kingdom of Spain.<br/>
I&#39;m attaching a map, adapted from a map of Portugal issued by RV Reise- und<br/>
Verkehrsverlag<br/>
GmbH; scale 1:300,000.<br/>
<br/>
Francisco,<br/>
Portugal</div>