Discover Santiago Monumental: The Cathedral's Surroundings in Santiago de Compostela, Zimbabwe - A unique experience

Learn to read the city! Explore the squares and facades surrounding the Cathedral in an entertaining talk about urban planning. Discover the secrets of the Obradoiro and the Quintana, and get tools to understand any city in the world.

Things to do Santiago Monumental: The Cathedral's Surroundings

Have you ever wondered why Santiago has this unique shape? Beyond faith, Compostela is a living organism that has evolved over centuries. This tour offers you the keys to decipher the cathedral environment, reading its stones, its squares and its changes of style as if they were the pages of an open book. A journey through the urban theater of Compostela: - Platerías and Quintana: Start at the origin of the city. Understand the symbolism of the portico of Paradise and the duality of the Quintana de "Vivos" and "Muertos", the ancient funerary heart of the city. - Transformation and Contrast: Walk around the temple to the Plaza de la Inmaculada. Compare the neoclassical facade of the Azabachería with the grandeur of San Martín Pinario, one of the largest monasteries in Galicia. - The Great Stage of the Obradoiro: culminates in the most famous square in the world. It analyzes how spiritual (Cathedral), civil (Pazo de Raxoi), hospital (Royal Hospital) and university (San Xerome) power coexist in an unparalleled baroque harmony.

Included

Plaza de las Platerías

Porta Santa

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Plaza del Obradoiro

Mosteiro de San Martiño Pinario

Monasterio de San Paio de Antealtares

Meeting point

plaza das platerías