Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral of the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Galician: Catedral de 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.
| Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Western façade of the cathedral as seen from the Praza do Obradoiro. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| District | Santiago de Compostela |
| Leadership | Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio |
| Location | |
| Location | Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain |
| Geographic coordinates | 42°52′50″N 8°32′40″W / 42.880602°N 8.544377°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Cathedral |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque |
| Groundbreaking | 1075 |
| Completed | 1211 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Length | 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Width | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Height (max) | 75 metres (246 ft) |
| Spire(s) | 2 |
| Official name: Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) | |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| Designated | 1985[1] |
| Reference no. | 320bis |
| Official name: Catedral Igrexa Catedral Metropolitana | |
| 22 August 1896 | |
| (R.I.) - 51 - 0000072 - 00000[2] | |
| Website | |
| www.catedraldesantiago.es | |
References
change- ↑ "Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ "Catedral Igrexa Catedral Metropolitana". Patrimonio Historico – Base de datos de bienes inmuebles (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
- Official website
- Reconstruction of the swinging motion of the Botafumeiro Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Photographs of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- HyperSculpture - Pórtico de la Gloria Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- 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