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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Begun in 1075 under King Alfonso VI and Bishop Diego Peláez and consecrated in April 1211 before King Alfonso IX of León and his son, it holds the tomb of the Apostle beneath the high altar, discovered, according to tradition, in the year 813. It measures about 100 metres long and 22 metres high in the central nave, with 70 metres in width and 32 metres in height at the transept; the last stone was laid in 1122. Its Pórtico de la Gloria, the work of Master Mateo between 1168 and 1188, iconographically depicts the Apocalypse of Saint John, while the Baroque façade of the Obradoiro, by Fernando de Casas Novoa (1740), has become the symbol of the city.

Photo: Fernando Pascullo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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