Catedral de Santiago

Today: Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela

Place: Santiago de Compostela
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1521 to 1769
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The cathedral of the Apostle's tomb, Romanesque in its body (built 1075 to 1211), which in these centuries received much of what is seen from outside: the cloister, begun in 1521 and finished in 1590, the Puerta Real on the Quintana side (1666 to 1700), the Clock Tower, which Domingo de Andrade raised between 1676 and 1680, Fernando de Casas Novoa's Baroque Obradoiro façade (1738 to 1750) and the Azabachería façade, finished in 1769. Behind the Obradoiro façade the Pórtico de la Gloria is preserved. The interior can be visited, including the climb to embrace the image of the Apostle.

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