Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (Spaingie an Galicie: Catedral de Santiago de Compostela) is pairt o the Roman Catholic Airchdiocese o Santiago de Compostela, an is an integral component o the Santiago de Compostela Warld Heritage Steid in Galicie, Spain. The cathedral is the reputit burial place o Saunt James the Great, ane o the apostles o Jesus Christ. The cathedral haes historically been a place o pilgrimage on the Way o St. James syne the Early Middle Ages, an merks the tradeetional end o the pilgrimage route. The biggin is a Romanesque structur, wi later Gothic an Baroque addeetions.

Cathedral o Santiago de Compostela
The Wastren façade o the cathedral as seen frae the Praza do Obradoiro.
Releegion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Santiago de Compostela
Leadership	Airchbishop Julián Barrio Barrio
Location
Location	Santiago de Compostela, Galicie, Spain
Geografic coordinates	42.880602°N 8.544377°W / 42.880602; -8.544377
Architecture
Teep	Cathedral
Style	Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque
Grundbrakin	1060
Completit	1211
Specifications
Direction o façade	Wast
Capacity	1,200
Lenth	100 metre (330 ft)
Weenth	70 metre (230 ft)
Hicht (max)	75 metre (246 ft)
Spire(s)	2
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Official name: Santiago de Compostela (Auld Toun)
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Designatit	1985
Reference no.	320bis
Spanish Property o Cultural Interest
Official name: Catedral Igrexa Catedral Metropolitana
Designatit	22 August 1896
Reference no.	(R.I.) - 51 - 0000072 - 00000
Wabsteid
www.catedraldesantiago.es