Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela


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Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela , a cathedral of the archdiocese is in the World Heritage Site of Santiago de Compostela  in Galicia in Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial-place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. The cathedral has historically been a place of pilgrimage on the Way of St. James, since the Early Middle Ages. The building is a Romanesque structure with later Gothic and Baroque additions.

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