He also built mausoleums and churches for the local people who knew him as "Pepe da Pena" on account of his birthplace, A Pena (municipality of Cotobade).
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Nevertheless, the surname is still more common in Pontevedra, and more particularly in the area of Cotobade.
Txindoki, a mountain in the Province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country
Cerviño is a surname originally from the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
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In Galician, the native language of the region, it means "little deer", the -iño ending being very characteristic of this romance language.
In June 2012, Alberto Casado Cerviño was appointed to the position of Vice-President DG 2 ("Directorate-General Operational Support") of the European Patent Office with a mandate for five years.