Route of Santiago de Compostela in Spain

Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
Biblioteca Jacobea de Carrión de los Condes (Palencia)
Consejo Jacobeo (Ministerio de Cultura)
Web site of the Camino de Santiago in Navarre (Gobierno de Navarra)
Xacobeo (Xunta de Galicia)
El Camino de Santiago (UCLA)

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1993
Size of heritage:

Coordinates:
Longitude: -4,117°
Latitude: 42,459°

About

Santiago de Compostela was proclaimed the first European Cultural itinerary by the Council of Europe in 1987. This route from the French-Spanish border was – and still is – taken by pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. Some 1,800 buildings along the route, both religious and secular, are of great historic interest. The route played a fundamental role in encouraging cultural exchanges between the Iberian peninsula and the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages. It remains a testimony to the power of the Christian faith among people of all social classes and from all over Europe.

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