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Galicia is a nationality in Spain that became a Spanish autonomous community in 1978. The name Galicia comes from the Latin name Gallaecia, associated with the name of the ancient Celtic tribe that resided above the Douro river.

It is located in the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. It shares borders with Portugal to the South and the communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the East.

A vanishing way of life. Carmen Iglesias de Filgueiras, 95, in her the living room of her farmhouse, in Vilar, Galicia, where she was born.