Vaulted space with influence from the Burgos Gothic style. It was originally conceived for the Cathedral Council; in 1536 became the Royal Pantheon when the royal sepulchres of the Crown of León and their family were transferred there from their previous location in the Chapel of …

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The Botafumeiro (“censer” in Galician) is one of the most famous and popular symbols of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. It is a large thurible that hangs by means of a system of pulleys from the main dome of the Cathedral and swings toward the side naves.

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The Cathedral of Santiago is a living temple that welcomes hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and helps them assert or discover themselves as spiritual beings, from the point of reference of the Catholic religion but opening up to other experiences and beliefs as well.

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the most outstanding work of Romanesque art in Spain and stands as the final goal of all the Pilgrims’ Roads to Santiago de Compostela that lead thousands of pilgrims to it year after year.

From the Gelmírez Palace, today one of the locations of the Cathedral Museum, we are going to approach the work of Master Mateo, the most important artist of the cathedral, through a monographic space created in some of its rooms and we are going to access the Portico of Glory, a masterpiece of European medieval art.

The pilgrimage to Santiago takes us to the Tomb of an Apostle, one of the twelve who were part of Christ’s intimate circle and who was responsible for the evangelization of Hispania, that is to say, he transmitted the original faith received from Jesus.

The Archive of the Cathedral of Santiago, no doubt one of the most important in Europe, houses books and documents of a high artistic value, whose origins go back as far as the first centuries of the Middle Ages.

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