Tui, Galicia

Tui is a small city located in Galicia (Spain), Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It had 15,350 inhabitants (2003), and it's located at the bank of the Minho River, at , facing the Portuguese town of Valença.

The name of the town is spelled Tui in both Galician and Portuguese, and Tuy in Spanish.

Named as Tude by Romans, it was already mentioned by Strabo and Ptolomeus. During the Visigoth period, it was host of the small kingdom of Gallaecia at the time, sacked later by the Normans.

Today it has a center of candle near the Inn of San Telmo. On the top of the hill, the cathedral (XI-XIII century) preserves the Romanic period in its main vestibule, and the Gothic period in the western vestibule.

Two bridges connect Tui and Valença - Tui International Bridge was completed in 1878 under the direction of Gustave Eiffel, and a modern one from the 1990s. Both countries being signatories of the Schengen Treaty, there is normally no formalities in crossing what is the busiest border in Northern Portugal.

The city has two museums, one dedicated to archaeology and sacred art, and the other is the diocesan museum.