Category: Santiago de Compostela
The church of Santa María Salomé, the mother of Santiago
The church of Santa María Salomé Compostela is the only one under such a title in the whole of...
The Galician Centre for Contemporary Art (CGAC)
History The CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea) is a museum with its own permanent...
San Fiz de Solovio: the church where it all began
With its great antiquity and its close relationship with the foundation of the city and the...
The Cathedral of Santiago: The porch of Platerías
In the days of its archbishops Diego Peláez (1070-1088) and Diego Gelmírez (1070? -1140), the...
Santiago: Plaza del Obradoiro
The name of the most famous square in Santiago – “obradoiro” in Galician means...
Santiago: The College of San Xerome
The College of San Xerome is one of the four buildings that flank the famous Plaza del Obradoiro,...
The College of Fonseca
The College of Santiago Alfeo, an essential part of the origins of the University of Santiago, was...
Medieval Irish Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela
Thanks to the dissemination and donations made by Camino Society Ireland, the very active Jacobean...
Santiago: The Casa de la Troya
A very special corner of the city of Santiago is the Casa de la Troya, a former student boarding...
The Monte do Gozo seen by pilgrims of other centuries
The pilgrimage of the 21st century is undoubtedly very different from that of medieval times, but...
Churches of Santiago: Collegiate of Santa María del Sar
The site of the Collegiate of Santa María del Sar, outside the medieval walls of Compostela, plays...
Pilgrimage rites today: What do pilgrims do when they arrive in Santiago?
The most famous and indispensable of the traditions is the one that takes the pilgrim to the high...
