Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Appearance
Cathedral o Santiago de Compostela | |
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The Wastren façade o the cathedral as seen frae the Praza do Obradoiro. | |
Releegion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Santiago de Compostela |
Leadership | Airchbishop Julián Barrio Barrio |
Location | |
Location | Santiago de Compostela, Galicie, Spain |
Geografic coordinates | 42°52′50″N 8°32′40″W / 42.880602°N 8.544377°WCoordinates: 42°52′50″N 8°32′40″W / 42.880602°N 8.544377°W |
Architecture | |
Teep | Cathedral |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque |
Grundbrakin | 1060 |
Completit | 1211 |
Specifications | |
Direction o façade | Wast |
Capacity | 1,200 |
Lenth | 100 metre (330 ft) |
Weenth | 70 metre (230 ft) |
Hicht (max) | 75 metre (246 ft) |
Spire(s) | 2 |
Official name: Santiago de Compostela (Auld Toun) | |
Criteria | i, ii, vi |
Designatit | 1985[1] |
Reference no. | 320bis |
Official name: Catedral Igrexa Catedral Metropolitana | |
Designatit | 22 August 1896 |
Reference no. | (R.I.) - 51 - 0000072 - 00000[2] |
Wabsteid | |
www.catedraldesantiago.es |
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (Spaingie an Galicie: Catedral de Santiago de Compostela) is pairt o the Roman Catholic Airchdiocese o Santiago de Compostela, an is an integral component o the Santiago de Compostela Warld Heritage Steid in Galicie, Spain. The cathedral is the reputit burial place o Saunt James the Great, ane o the apostles o Jesus Christ. The cathedral haes historically been a place o pilgrimage on the Way o St. James syne the Early Middle Ages, an merks the tradeetional end o the pilgrimage route. The biggin is a Romanesque structur, wi later Gothic an Baroque addeetions.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 10 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Catedral Igrexa Catedral Metropolitana". Patrimonio Historico – Base de datos de bienes inmuebles (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 9 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
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