Flanking the western edge of the Plaza de Armas, this neoclassical cathedral has a history that stretches back to 1541, when Spanish conquistador and city founder Pedro de Valdivia requested a place ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Spain’s northwestern Galicia region and one of the major centres of Christianity ...

Pilgrims can walk the Camino de Santiago once again as the pilgrimage's destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, reopened its doors Wednesday. The cathedral, pilgrim welcome center, and ...

On Easter Sunday five years ago, Pierce Todd Withers attended the holiest of Christian celebratory masses at the famed Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. For the faithful, the ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage. Santiago de Compostela is ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Some cheer, some clap, some clasp each other’s shoulders in quiet ecstasy. One lets his walking stick fall to the ground, one kicks her ...