{"id":97418,"date":"2021-02-02T09:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundiplus.com\/santiago-de-compostela\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:33:09","slug":"santiago-de-compostela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mundiplus.com\/en\/blog\/santiago-de-compostela\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago de Compostela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santiago de Compostela<\/strong> It is the Capital of Galicia and the most visited city in the Galician community, by tourists and pilgrims, from all over the world. It was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1985, concurring in it being, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three great pilgrimage sites of Christianity, for housing the remains of the Apostle Santiago in its Cathedral.<\/p>\n

It is because of these facts that over approximately 1200 years, culture, traditions and gastronomy have been etched in stone, the spirit of the inhabitants, pilgrims and visitors who throughout time have left their mark on this Galician capital.<\/p>\n

WHAT TO DO IN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA? WHAT YOU CANNOT MISS!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Next we begin our special guide for pilgrims who end their trip in the Cathedral of Santiago.<\/p>\n

THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO OF COMPOSTELA<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

The origin of the city of Santiago de Compostela, as we know it today, is the consequence of the discovery of the remains of the apostle Santiago<\/a>, about the year 830, which are deposited in the fabulous Cathedral of Santiago. For this reason, we consider essential, a more or less extensive visit to it, as well as the surroundings of it, since it constitutes the epicenter of life in the Galician capital.<\/p>\n

Without going into architectural details, we advise you to make a visit inside it and, believers or not, attend one of the pilgrim’s masses that are celebrated there, every day, at 12:00 and, with a little luck, you can see “fly to the botafumeiro<\/a>\u201d, Unique and exclusive show of this Cathedral.<\/p>\n

If you have time, I would recommend you take a guided tour of the Cathedral Museum, Porch of Glory<\/a> “Architectural jewel of the Romanesque” and the roofs of the Cathedral.<\/p>\n

During the years 2021 and 2022, you will have the opportunity to go to the Cathedral through the \u201cPuerta Santa or Puerta de la Perdonanza\u201d which is where pilgrims who make the Camino de Santiago and visitors who wish, access it in the Holy Years, a fact that had not occurred since 2010.<\/p>\n

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