{"id":36077,"date":"2019-04-24T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desarrollo.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/the-cathedral-of-santiago-compostela\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:19:56","slug":"the-cathedral-of-santiago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/en\/plan-your-way\/the-cathedral-of-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"planifyPage\">\n\t<section>\n\t\t<h1>La Catedral de Santiago<\/h1>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<section class=\"navigation\">\n\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-shell\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/historia-del-camino-de-santiago\/\">La historia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/el-codice-calixtino\/\">El C\u00f3dice<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/santiago-apostol\/\">El Ap\u00f3stol Santiago<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-cathedral\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-pill--active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/la-catedral-de-santiago\/\">La Catedral<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/el-botafumeiro\/\">El Botafumeiro<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/el-ano-jubilar\/\">El A\u00f1o Jubilar<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-compostela\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/la-credencial-del-peregrino\/\">La Credencial<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/la-compostela\/\">La Compostela<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/el-bordon-peregrino\/\">El bord\u00f3n y la calabaza<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/senalizacion-del-camino\/\">Se\u00f1alizaci\u00f3n del Camino<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div class=\"planify-content\">\n\t\t<section class=\"planify-content__hero\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pilgrim.es\/web\/planificar\/catedral-santiago-exterior.webp\" alt=\"La Catedral de Santiago\"\/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"planner\"><div\r\n  class=\"p-col-span-1 p-rounded-lg p-px-5 p-h-full\"\r\n  style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/cdn.pilgrim.es\/web\/pilgrim-planner\/bg-plugin-planificador.webp')\"\r\n  rel=\"preload\"\r\n  fetchpriority=\"high\"\r\n  >\r\n    <div class=\"p-text-center p-pt-5 p-text-white p-text-2xl p-font-semibold\">\r\n      Plan your journey    <\/div>\r\n    <div\r\n            id='primary-app'\r\n            data-name='banner'\r\n            data-api='https:\/\/pathfinder.pilgrim.es\/api\/pathfinder\/v2'\r\n            data-mode='normal'\r\n            data-lang='en'\r\n            data-route='1'\r\n            data-destiny='https:\/\/planificador.pilgrim.es'\r\n            data-modality='1'\r\n            data-inline=''\r\n        ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"planify-content__content\">\n\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00cdndice<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#apostle-cathedral\">El Ap\u00f3stol y la Catedral<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#interior\">Interior de la Catedral<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#outside\">Exterior de la Catedral<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>La catedral en honor al <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/santiago-apostol\/\">Ap\u00f3stol Santiago<\/a> supone\n\t\t\t\t\tel m\u00e1ximo exponente del rom\u00e1nico de toda la pen\u00ednsula ib\u00e9rica y <strong>uno de los centros m\u00e1s representativos\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdel cristianismo<\/strong> junto a Roma y Jerusal\u00e9n.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Es por ello que miles de peregrinos acuden cada a\u00f1o, recorriendo alguno de los m\u00faltiples trazados jacobeos a la\n\t\t\t\t\tciudad compostelana, por motivos religiosos o simplemente por el hecho de contemplar esta obra arquitect\u00f3nica y\n\t\t\t\t\tart\u00edstica <strong>declarada Bien de Inter\u00e9s Cultural<\/strong>, as\u00ed como toda la ciudad vieja de Santiago de\n\t\t\t\t\tCompostela.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"be-interesting\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTambi\u00e9n te puede interesar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/que-hacer-santiago-de-compostela\/\">Qu\u00e9 ver en\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSantiago de Compostela<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"apostle-cathedral\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>El Ap\u00f3stol y la Catedral<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Al contrario de lo que muchos puedan pensar, <strong>los restos del Ap\u00f3stol no siempre reposaron bajo estas\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpiedras<\/strong>. Originalmente, tras el descubrimiento del sepulcro, el rey astur Alfonso II orden\u00f3\n\t\t\t\t\tconstruir una peque\u00f1a capilla\n\t\t\t\t\tde piedra y barro en el mismo lugar donde se encontr\u00f3 el altar de m\u00e1rmol construido por los ap\u00f3stoles. El templo\n\t\t\t\t\tprimigenio era bastante sencillo, contaba tan s\u00f3lo con una planta y un cuerpo central rodeado por una\n\t\t\t\t\tcolumnata y un p\u00f3rtico realizado con losas de granito.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Posteriormente, bajo el mandato de Alfonso III se decide aumentar este sepulcro dado el incremento exponencial de\n\t\t\t\t\tvisitantes al mismo, construy\u00e9ndose otro edificio anexo m\u00e1s amplio que el anterior, rodeando al antiguo\n\t\t\t\t\tpresbiterio. Pero casi a finales del siglo X, <strong>las tropas musulmanas arrasaron con esta obra\n\t\t\t\t\t\tprerrom\u00e1nica<\/strong>,\n\t\t\t\t\tconserv\u00e1ndose milagrosamente el sepulcro original y permitiendo por lo tanto que miles de fieles continuaran\n\t\t\t\t\tvener\u00e1ndolo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>A continuaci\u00f3n se construy\u00f3 la iglesia rom\u00e1nica, concretamente en el a\u00f1o 1075 y bajo orden de Alfonso VI y de\n\t\t\t\t\tDiego Pel\u00e1ez, el cual ser\u00eda unos a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde sustituido en su cargo de arzobispo por el ya conocido Diego\n\t\t\t\t\tGelm\u00edrez.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Las obras se prorrogaron durante varios a\u00f1os, constando en el C\u00f3dice Calixtino que <strong>la colocaci\u00f3n de la\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00faltima piedra se produjo en el a\u00f1o 1122<\/strong>. Desde este instante, tanto el monarca Alfonso VI como el\n\t\t\t\t\tpropio arzobispo trabajaron sin cesar en el empe\u00f1o de incentivar y favorecer el peregrinaje a este lugar santo.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>A pesar de ser inicialmente de estilo rom\u00e1nico, sufre una importante remodelaci\u00f3n <strong>en el siglo XVII,\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttransform\u00e1ndola en una gran obra de estilo barroco<\/strong>. Las remodelaciones acometidas se realizaron\n\t\t\t\t\tprincipalmente en el altar mayor y en la c\u00fapula, dise\u00f1\u00e1ndose tambi\u00e9n la famosa Puerta Santa y remat\u00e1ndose la\n\t\t\t\t\tgloriosa fachada del Obradoiro.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"interior\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Parte Interior de la Catedral<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>Su interior <strong>se divide en tres naves dispuestas alrededor de una planta de cruz latina<\/strong>. Estas\n\t\t\t\t\ttienen una gran longitud, llegando aproximadamente a los veinte metros y alcanzando incluso los treinta y dos en\n\t\t\t\t\tel tramo abierto a la c\u00fapula. Por lo tanto no es casual que este sea el templo rom\u00e1nico m\u00e1s grande de toda\n\t\t\t\t\tEspa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>En cuanto a sus capillas, a lo largo de toda la catedral se esparcen hasta unas diecis\u00e9is, conservando algunas de\n\t\t\t\t\tellas rasgos propios del rom\u00e1nico. Estas <strong>se reparten entre las capillas de la girola y las del\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcrucero<\/strong>, accediendo desde estas \u00faltimas a la famosa puerta de Plater\u00edas y al T\u00edmpano de Clavijo.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>De su altar mayor resalta sin lugar a dudas la imagen de Santiago peregrino, protegido por un impresionante\n\t\t\t\t\tbaldaquino adornado con figuras de \u00e1ngeles y presidido por una imagen ecuestre del propio Ap\u00f3stol.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>Tambi\u00e9n <strong>en su interior se encuentra dos de los elementos m\u00e1s emblem\u00e1ticos<\/strong> y caracter\u00edsticos de\n\t\t\t\t\ttodo el conjunto, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/el-botafumeiro\/\">el botafumeiro<\/a> que desde la\n\t\t\t\t\tEdad Media purifica tanto a peregrinos como a visitantes cada a\u00f1o Santo, y el magn\u00edfico P\u00f3rtico de la Gloria,\n\t\t\t\t\tobra del maestro Mateo y realizado entre los siglos XII y XIII.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>Bajo sus techos abovedados y piedras milenarias encontraremos el museo catedralicio, el claustro del siglo XVI y\n\t\t\t\t\tla cripta donde poder apreciar varios vestigios rom\u00e1nicos y g\u00f3ticos.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pilgrim.es\/web\/planificar\/catedral-interior.webp\" alt=\"Interior de la Catedral de Santiago\"\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"outside\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Parte Exterior de la Catedral<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Varias plazas rodean esta mastod\u00f3ntica catedral. En la de Plater\u00edas encontraremos la \u00fanica fachada rom\u00e1nica que\n\t\t\t\t\tse conserva de todo el templo, haciendo honor al\n\t\t\t\t\toficio que all\u00ed se llevaba a cabo. En el otro lado encontraremos la plaza de la Quintana, lugar presidido por la\n\t\t\t\t\tPuerta Santa y rodeado por la casa\n\t\t\t\t\tde la Parra y el convento de la Quintana de Vivos.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Por \u00faltimo, la catedral se encuentra custodiada por la plaza de la Inmaculada y por la de Azabacher\u00eda, de nuevo\n\t\t\t\t\ten honor a los puestos de venta ubicados en la misma; a d\u00eda de hoy a\u00fan podremos encontrar algunos de ellos aqu\u00ed\n\t\t\t\t\tmismo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Cabe resaltar la parte superior de la catedral: sus cubiertas. Estas se pueden recorrer bajo previa reserva\n\t\t\t\t\tgracias a una visita guiada que parte del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/santiago-de-compostela\/pazo-de-xelmirez\/\">palacio de Gelm\u00edrez<\/a>. Sin duda las\n\t\t\t\t\tvistas desde lo alto dejar\u00e1n sin aliento a m\u00e1s de un peregrino y turista intr\u00e9pido en busca de emociones\n\t\t\t\t\tfuertes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t<section>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Visitar la Catedral de Santiago<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>Si quieres llegar a apreciar la grandeza de la Catedral de Santiago. Es la hora de que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/planificar\/\">planifiques tu Camino<\/a> para poder llegar a verla, te aseguramos que la peregrinaci\u00f3n, cuanto m\u00e1s larga, m\u00e1s satisfacci\u00f3n produce al ver por fin la Catedral.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p>En este a\u00f1o 2019, hasta 2020, el interior de la Catedral estar\u00e1 cerrado por causa de las obras que se est\u00e1n realizando en ella.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Catedral de Santiago La historia El C\u00f3dice El Ap\u00f3stol Santiago La Catedral El Botafumeiro El A\u00f1o Jubilar La Credencial La Compostela El bord\u00f3n y la calabaza Se\u00f1alizaci\u00f3n del Camino \u00cdndice El Ap\u00f3stol y la Catedral Interior de la Catedral Exterior de la Catedral La catedral en honor al Ap\u00f3stol Santiago supone el m\u00e1ximo exponente &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/en\/plan-your-way\/the-cathedral-of-santiago\/\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8468,"parent":35116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-new-web-design.blade.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36077","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u25b7 Santiago&#039;s Cathedral | History and secrets | Pilgrim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Cathedral of Santiago is one the greatest masterpieces of the Romanesque. 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