There are few pilgrims who not know the Casa del Cabildo, it’s almost impossible to visit the cathedral without seeing its magnificent façade: right in the Platerías square, opposite the steps and façade of the cathedral, next to the famous fountain of the horses ......
The palace of Rajoy - Raxoi court in Galician – which closes off the west side of the Plaza del Obradoiro, and is directly opposite the cathedral. Currently, it is home to the city council of Santiago. This magnificent neoclassical building took its name from one of...
The church of Santa María Salomé Compostela is the only one under such a title in the whole of Spain. It was built during the period of the Archbishop Diego Gelmírez’s ministry (1100 -1140), whom we have already referred to as a tireless defender and promoter of the...
History The CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea) is a museum with its own permanent collection and numerous temporary exhibitions, but also an extraordinary architecture due to the Portuguese Alvaro Siza. It is a meeting place that has a library, a cafeteria and...
With its great antiquity and its close relationship with the foundation of the city and the cathedral of Compostela, the church of San Fiz de Solovio is shrouded in legend. Thus it is referred to in many itineraries of pilgrims from other times, such as Leo of...
In the days of its archbishops Diego Peláez (1070-1088) and Diego Gelmírez (1070? -1140), the Romanesque basilica of Santiago was conceived- and conceived as a whole, as a perfectly interlocking structure where nothing was left to chance. Its architecture and sculpted...
The name of the most famous square in Santiago - "obradoiro” in Galician means ‘workshop’ in English - indicates what were the main activities in it for centuries: here were the established workshops of stonemasons, carpenters, glassworkers and all those involved in...
The College of San Xerome is one of the four buildings that flank the famous Plaza del Obradoiro, occupying its southern side. At the moment it is the seat of the Rector of the University of Santiago, but its origin derives from an older foundation funded by the...
The College of Santiago Alfeo, an essential part of the origins of the University of Santiago, was founded around 1526 by Archbishop Alonso III de Fonseca as a university college so that the compostelanos and residents of the archbishopric of Santiago could study and...
A very special corner of the city of Santiago is the Casa de la Troya, a former student boarding house from the late 19th century, now converted into a romantic museum. The architecture and decoration of this historic guesthouse allow the visitor to relive the...
The site of the Collegiate of Santa María del Sar, outside the medieval walls of Compostela, plays an important part in the long Jacobean tradition. The Sar neighborhood is named after the river which runs through it and is the entrance for the pilgrims who come from...
Modern landscape gardening is allied with history in the park of San Domingos of Bonaval. Located next to the neighborhood of San Pedro, it is the natural entrance to the city for pilgrims who have travelled the French Way and the Northern Way. The park includes the...