CATEDRAL DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (R)
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Description
From the appearance of the tomb of the apostle Santiago at the beginning of the S. The IXth, Compost Her it is, with Rome and Jerusalem, one of three more important centers of Christian peregrination. Already Alfonso II, in the same century, constructed the first church respecting the tomb and on her, which remained small immediately, it made other one Alfonso III, who in turn was replaced two centuries later with the Romanesque cathedral that we know. Turned into one of the most important temples of the christianity, it has plant in the shape of Latin cross of three naves, of 100m of length, with cruise of three naves and deambulatorio. In the 18th century west added in his front the spectacular baroque front to protect the famous Portico of the Glory.
To see his description in Románico Aragonés
Phase: Romanesque
Style: Full Romanesque
Period: 1st century
State of conservation: Very good
Situation: Santiago de Compostela, (La Coruña)
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