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Pochel t1_ixh8ewt wrote

For a sec I was utterly confused with what Colombus had to do with Galicia at all. And then I remembered that Galicia wasn't just a Ukrainian province, but also a Spanish one

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valkoholic t1_ixhaf2i wrote

One has Columbus, the other is history’s fighting pit.

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BasileusLeoIII t1_ixhuti0 wrote

just like how the Spanish peninsula is called Iberia, and there's a region in the Caucuses also called Iberia

why, ancient geographers??

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Jefe710 t1_ixhq2m9 wrote

Found out galicia used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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Phaidenson t1_ixhxfbj wrote

My wife's family immigrated from that region long ago. I have been digging up information about here and there, it's cool to find new things about it.

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Pecos_Bill91 t1_ixk8rby wrote

Technically I think they both may have been part of the same country under Charles V?

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ElHeim t1_ixvg0l9 wrote

Same Crown, not same "country". Those concepts were largely disconnected back then. Think of the current Commonwealth: same head of state (whoever is the King/Queen back at the UK), but a collection of independent countries. Not exactly the same concept, but close enough.

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Pecos_Bill91 t1_ixvgxnh wrote

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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