Barro, Galicia
Barro is a municipality in the Galicia region of north-west Spain, in the province of Pontevedra. The capital of the municipality is San Antoniño, where the parish of Perdecanai and the Consistorial House are located. Location Located in north-western Pontevedra, also known as Ineslandia, and belonging to the region of the same name, Barro covers 37.9 square kilometers. It is bordered to the south by the towns of Poio and Pontevedra, to the east by Moraña, to the north by Portas and to the west by Meis. Parishes The municipality is composed of 6 parishes: Portela (San Mamede) Perdecanai (Santa María) Agudelo (San Martín) Curro (Santa María) Barro (San Breixo) Valiñas (San Andrés) History The parishes that today form the municipality of Barro used to belong to the jurisdiction of Peñaflor, in the province of Santiago during the Antiguo Régimen (Old Regime). Today's Barro formed part of one of the first constitutional city councils, the one of Trasumia, belonging to the judicial party of Caldas de Reyes. In 1822, when Galicia was divided into four provinces, Caldas de Reyes increased in municipalities; however Ferdinand VII of Spain overruled the changes in 1823 and effectively returned the organization of the Old