Criterion (ii): During both the Romanesque and Baroque periods, the sanctuary of Santiago de Compostela exerted a decisive influence on the development of architecture and art, not only in Galicia, ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes ...

There is something not quite right about flying to Santiago de Compostela. It's just too easy. It should be an effort to get there, as it was for the devout who sweated through France and across ...

Created by a young artist known as Master Mateo, this 12th-century gateway to the Spanish cathedral—located at one end of the pilgrimage that bears its name—is carved with more than 200 ...

Spain's Supreme Court has ordered the Franco family to return Romanesque statues to Santiago de Compostela. The statues, ...

Galician Center of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: Concept Sketches. Cooper Hewitt, ... Architect Alvaro Joaquim de Meio Siza Vieira, b. 1933 Catalogue Status Research in Progress ...

From the charm of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, to the history of Santiago de Compostela, ... plus lots of Spanish art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarria.

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the descendants of dictator Francisco Franco must return two valuable Romanesque statues to the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, ...

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through ...

Santiago de Compostela, the destination of Spain’s famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, wants to introduce a tourist tax to curb overcrowding. The popular destination in Spain’s northwestern ...