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Santiago De Compostela

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

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Santiago De Compostela

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

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Location: Santiago De Compostela, Occidental, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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1. Fountain in Plaza de Cervantes loop from Lagoa

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2. Santiago de Compostela – path through the City of Culture and Alameda Park

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3. Music Pavilion in Alameda Park – Praza do Obradoiro loop from Conxo

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Pilar Puebla

September 28, 2022

In front of the Cathedral of Santiago, in the Plaza del Obradoiro, you will see people crying, screaming, laughing, jumping and lying on the ground. You will see groups taking photos everywhere and celebrating (or mourning) the end of their experience on the Camino de Santiago.

Every day this place brings together people who come from all over the world on pilgrimage.

The cathedral is in the Gothic style, although the current façade has many neo-Gothic elements.

One of its best-known symbols is the botafumeiro. It is an immense silver censer that hangs from the ceiling inside the cathedral and is swung for solemn masses. Quite a spectacle.

Three other majestic buildings frame the square: Rajoy's palace, where the town hall is located, the Parador de Santiago and the rectorate of the university.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

March 29, 2022

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the most outstanding work of Romanesque art in Spain. It is also the final destination of all the Caminos de Santiago, which for centuries have taken the pilgrims of Christianity to the tomb of an apostle. As if that were not enough, it was the inaugural stone for the construction of a monumental city, Santiago de Compostela, which was born in a sacred forest at the end of the world with the vocation of a Holy City and a World Heritage Site.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

June 3, 2022

The Plaza del Obradoiro is the monumental center of Santiago de Compostela. Its Galician name seems to derive from the stonemasons' workshops that worked on the construction of the baroque façade of the Cathedral, which dominates the square and welcomes the thousands of pilgrims who arrive along the Camino de Santiago.

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Location: Santiago De Compostela, Occidental, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

1. Fountain in Plaza de Cervantes loop from Lagoa

2. Santiago de Compostela – path through the City of Culture and Alameda Park

3. Music Pavilion in Alameda Park – Praza do Obradoiro loop from Conxo

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