Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Santiago de Compostela
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- City of the Apostle's tomb and seat of the archbishop
In the 15th century the city had between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants, and in 1495 the Estudio Viejo, the seed of the university, was founded. It was the seat of the Royal Audiencia of the Kingdom of Galicia from 1508 until it moved to La Coruña in 1578. In 1643 Felipe IV made Santiago the sole patron saint of Spain, and the prosperity that followed paid for new building all over the city: the Compostelan Baroque.
What to see today
- Catedral de Santiago de Compostela (Catedral de Santiago): Cathedral, 1521 to 1769
- Hostal dos Reis Católicos (Parador de Santiago) (Hospital Real de los Reyes Católicos): Hospital, 1501 to 1678
- Colexio de Fonseca (Pazo de Fonseca) (Colegio de Fonseca): University, 1522 to 1688
- Convento de San Francisco de Val de Deus (Convento de San Francisco del Valle de Dios): Monastery, c. 1742 to 1770
- Convento de Santa Clara: Monastery, c. 1601 to 1719
- Pazo de Raxoi (Palacio de Rajoy): Public building, 1766 to 1772
- Colexio de San Xerome (Rectorado) (Colegio de San Jerónimo): University, c. 1652
- Casa do Cabido (Casa del Cabildo): Public building, 1754 to 1758
- Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares (Monasterio de San Pelayo de Antealtares): Monastery, 1600 to 1793
- Pazo de Oca: Palace, 18th century
- Pazo de Santa Cruz de Ribadulla (Pazo de Ortigueira): Palace, 17th century