Best places: Catholic churches in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

1100s Romanesque church noted for its 18th-century flying buttresses & tilting interior columns.

👍👍 One of the oldest churches in Santiago. The parish priest is Don Fabio, every morning he says mass for the Italians, and it is a very particular, engaging mass, where he explains the importance of the journey and the history of the church. Don Fabio is an exceptional priest.

👍👍 Iglesia pequeña y bastante bien conservada. Muy cercana al casco histórico de Santiago.

👍👍 This beautiful baroque style church is known as the church of Las Angustias de Abaixo, Real Angustia or simply San Frutuoso. This Churrigueresque-style temple was built in the 18th century and its façade is designed to be seen from a higher plane, from the Plaza del Obradoiro, so the decoration is c...

👍👍 12th century. Romanesque-Gothic. Located in the Alameda, on the rock that houses the carballeira ("oak grove") of the same name, this church stands, one of the temples consecrated by Archbishop Xelmírez in 1102, to house the relics of Santa Susana brought from Portugal. The current temple is a reco...

👍👍 Esta capilla tiene acceso por la Catedral aunque lo curioso es que tiene sus propios curas, siendo independiente.

👍 Krásný kostel poblíž slavné katedrály v Santiago de Compostela. Jak plyne čas, mění se i podoba kostela a prostoru před ním (viz fotografie). Uvnitř jsem nebyl, nicméně budova zvenčí je sama o sobě nádherná.

😐 The first Compostela temple in honor of Saint Benedict was built at the end of the 10th century. In the early years of the 12th century it was already one of the city's parishes, and was then rebuilt in Romanesque style by order of Diego Gelmírez, the first Compostela archbishop. Little is known abo...