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Entire city The Three Wise Men are the ones who bring Spanish children their gifts on the night of January 5th, a tradition that...

Celebrations and traditions

All the city Date varies from end of February to beginning of March, on the three days before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent...

Celebrations and traditions

Campus Sur July 31st The Apóstol Festival programme comes to an end with a great fireworks show, similar to the one in the...

Celebrations and traditions

Cemetery of Boisaca November 1st and 2nd On November 2nd, the Church remembers its dead ones and the cemeteries fill with flowers, which...

Celebrations and traditions

Entire city Variable date corresponding to the sixth Thursday after Easter Sunday. The Ascension Festival, the city’s second-most...

Celebrations and traditions

Entire city 2nd fortnight in July The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of...

Celebrations and traditions

Entire city Night of December 31st In Spain, New Year’s Eve dinner is timed so that dessert coincides with midnight, which is when...

Celebrations and traditions

Various parts of the city 24th July As part of the programme of the Apostle's festivities, an impressive fireworks...

Celebrations and traditions

Entire city November The ’Magosto’ is a traditional fiesta that is held in the evening, in which roasted chestnuts are eaten....

Celebrations and traditions

Entire city December 24th to January 6th At the end of November Santiago begins to deck itself out for Christmas. The streets and shops...

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