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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...

Publications

Aimed at tourists visiting Santiago. Distributed in municipal tourist offices, along with guide-map. It is a brief introductory guide to promote...

Publications

Published by Santiago Tourism in Galician, Spanish and English, this guide provides information for the city’s gastronomy tourists. Miguel...

Monuments

16th century. The construction of the present-day building was commissioned in 1501 by the Catholic Monarchs in order to take care of the sick...

Exhibition halls

In Plaza de la Quintana you will find the Holy Door, which is open during some years and closed during others. Of course, because it only opens...

Cultural Diary

APPROXIMATE DATES The International Ethnographic Film Festival of the Museo do Pobo Galego aims to present recent audiovisual works in the field...

Photo gallery

Monuments

9th-18th c. Baroque It was founded in the 11th century by Alfonso II with twelve Benedictine monks in order to look after and render...

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