Quintana Square `Quintana´ is the same as `praça´ and both words were used in the Middle Ages to define open spaces for public use. The Quintana was a square par excellence, delimited by the... read more
Around the streets Casa del Deán is followed, in Rúa do Vilar, by other Renaissance, baroque and neoclassical mansions, which reflect the street´s privileged location within the medieval... read more
The photogenic Plaza de la Quintana The bareness of Plaza de la Quintana acquires special value with the effect of the light on the stone. Midday enables you to photograph the granite in all of its hardness. At dusk the... read more
“You look just like the Berenguela Tower" The Cathedral’s beautiful Clock Tower is best seen from Vía Sacra, the entrance to the street between Casa da Parra and the portico of the Church of San Paio de Antealtares. In fact,... read more
The urban way of St. James Returning to Porta do Camiño enables us to travel along the final metres of the Way of St. James towards the Cathedral. Walking up Rúa de Casas Reais –the name... read more
“Rúas” and towers The “rúas” (streets) in the monumental district are rich examples of typical Galician architecture and “reward” attentive photographers with unexpected views of the... read more
9. Gelmírez Palace We can finish our gastronomy tour by visiting Gelmírez Palace, inside the Archbishop’s Palace, to see its grand Synodal Hall: there the large 13th-century vault rests on corbels... read more
