Category: Santiago de Compostela
The Museo do Pobo Galego: history, architecture, collection and temporary exhibitions
The history The Museo do Pobo Galego was founded in 1976 with the aim of investigating,...
The Galeras Park and the Finca do Espiño
Santiago is a city of parks: the historic Alameda Park, conceived as a recreational space for...
What did the pilgrim do on arriving in Santiago in past centuries?
Over the centuries and, in particular, in recent years with the new awareness of protecting...
The tradition of welcome to pilgrims at the Hostal de los Reyes Católicos
During the pandemic, the confinement and the difficulties in travelling from other countries or in...
The shell: the emblem of the pilgrimage to Santiago
The shell, as an emblem of pilgrimage, “signum peregrinorum”, has been in use since at...
The Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago: the building and the collection
The Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago is a must for any pilgrim or tourist passing through...
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 monastery and church of San Paio de Antealtares
Located a few meters from the Cathedral of Santiago, the Benedictine monastery of San Paio is...
The Cathedral of Santiago: The porch of Platerías
In the days of its archbishops Diego Peláez (1070-1088) and Diego Gelmírez (1070? -1140), the...
The day of St. James: What do we celebrated on the 25th of July?
On July 25th the celebration of the Apostle Santiago is celebrated, it is the day of Santiago el...
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...
SANTIAGO: THE PARK OF SAN DOMINGOS DE BONAVAL
Modern landscape gardening is allied with history in the park of San Domingos of Bonaval. Located...
