According to the legend, the apostle Saint James the Great brought Christianity to the Iberian Peninsula. However, in Acts 12 it is written that James was killed on order of Herod in Jerusalem.
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Each of the façades along with their adjoining squares constitute a large urban square. The Baroque façade of the Praza do Obradoiro square was completed by Fernando de Casas Novoa in 1740. Also in baroque st… See more

The cathedral is 97 m (318 ft) long and 22 m (72 ft) high. It preserves its original, barrel-vaulted, cruciform, Romanesque interior. It consists of a nave, two lateral aisles, a wide transept, and a choir with radiating ch… See more

• Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, at the Panteón de Galegos Ilustres ("Pantheon of Illustrious Galicians"), Bonaval
• Fructuosus of Braga
• Rosalía de Castro… See more

• Pórtico da Gloria in 1849 by Jenaro Pérez Villaamil
• Pórtico da Gloria, Collotype 1889
• Westside main façade of the Cathedral towards Plaza del Obradoiro, Collotype 1889 … See more