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The Portico of Glory ("Pórtico da Gloria" in Galician) of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is a Romanesque portico by Master Mateo and his workshop commissioned by King Ferdinand II of León. To commemorate its completion in 1188, the date was carved on a stone and set in the cathedral, and the lintels were placed on the portico.
The Portico of Glory (Galician: Pórtico da Gloria) of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Romanesque portico and the cathedral's main gate created by Master Mateo and his workshop, on the orders of King Ferdinand II of León. The king donated to Mateo one hundred maravedís annually between 1168 and 1188.
' Tower of the Trinity '), is the bell tower of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Tradition states that it was built by Archbishop Rodrigo del Padrón as a defense tower with the work continuing after his death by his successor, Archbishop Bérenger de Landore , after whom the tower is named.
Santiago de Compostela, [a] simply Santiago, or Compostela, [3] in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. [4]
Formed in 1107 with the burial of Raymond of Burgundy, count of Galicia, and with the promise of his son, Alfonso VII, to also take his remains to the cathedral.This commitment was not fulfilled by Afonso VII but by his wife, the Berenguela, and continued by his son Fernando II and his grandson Alfonso VIII, Kings of Galicia and León.
Inside this door, through a small courtyard, is the true Holy Door. [1] [7] The Holy Door opens into the ambulatory of the apse, between the Chapel of the Azucena or Saint Peter (Galician: Capilla de la Azucena o de San Pedro) and the Chapel of the Savior [Wikidata], where the construction of the cathedral began in 1075. There is a belief that ...
The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or in English the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.
The Santiago de Compostela Botafumeiro is one of the largest censers in the world, [2] weighing 80 kg [3] and measuring 1.93 m in height. It is normally on display in the library of the cathedral, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but for certain important religious occasions, like the Feast of Saint James , it is brought to the floor of the cathedral and attached ...