Ribadumia
municipality in O Salnés, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain
Ribadumia is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.
In 1151, in the parroquia of Barrantes now in Ribadumia, a group tried to found a monastery with the help of the local magnate Gómez Núñez, but their efforts came to nothing.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ribadumia” is municipality in O Salnés, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ribadumia, municipality and Salnés, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “municipality in O Salnés, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1631321. VIAF identifies the subject as 131551577. The Library of Congress control number is n2004024340. Authority coordinates are 42.515, -8.759. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1151.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Ribadumia”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Ribadumia primary sources, Ribadumia archive and Ribadumia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ribadumia”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ribadumia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.