Monterroso

This article is about the Galician municipality. For other uses, see Monterroso (disambiguation).

Monterroso is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.^[1] It belongs to the comarca of A Ulloa.

Monterroso
Municipality
Church of San Martiño de Cumbraos.
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Monterroso
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Lugo
Comarca	A Ulloa
Government
• Alcalde	Rocío Seijas Vázquez (IxM)
Demonym(s)	Monterrosino, -a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	27560
Website	Official website

History

Monterroso was the seat of an important tenencia in medieval Galicia. Among its known tenants were:

• Suero Vermúdez (c.1100)
• Gutierre Vermúdez (1112)
• Munio Peláez (1112–16)
• Fernando Pérez de Traba (1140–53)
• Gonzalo Fernández de Traba (1157–60), son of the former
• Fernando González de Traba (1160–63)
• Rodrigo Álvarez (1168)
• Gómez González de Traba (1170–73), first time
• Gómez González de Manzanedo (1173)
• Gómez González de Traba (1189–1200), second time