Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela () is a cathedral in Galicia in Spain. It is in the World Heritage Site of Santiago de Compostela. People believe that Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus, is buried there. The building is a Romanesque structure with later Gothic and Baroque additions.

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 Reconstruction of the swinging motion of the Botafumeiro 
 Photographs of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain 
 Pictures of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 
 HyperSculpture - Pórtico de la Gloria 
The Art of medieval Spain, A.D. 500-1200, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (p. 175-183)
 Video clip in Youtube

Category:12 Treasures of Spain
Category:Santiago de Compostela
Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Spain
Category:13th-century buildings and structures
Category:1210s establishments in Europe