What to see / Monuments / Civil architecture

Santiago's present-day Food Market was built in 1941. The previous City Market, which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the current building, was the first permanent structure housing the different markets that existed in Compostela at that time.

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 and the pilgrims of the divine Xacobe, according to the Latin inscription along the façade's upper frieze. Nevertheless, its construction had already been decided in 1492, coinciding with the discovery of America. 

Mid-18th c. Baroque. This ornamental façade, just over 3 metres deep and facing Puerta de Platerías (cathedral door), closes the beautiful square of which it forms part. It was built in 1758 by the architect Clemente Fernández Sarela with a purely theatre-like function: that of closing the square.

Late 17th c. Baroque. Designed by Domingo de Andrade, it was altered in the 20th century with the addition of the upper balustrade and another floor. Its decoration stands out because of the use of bunches of grapes bordering the upper and lower doors on the right, as well as corbels carved at the bottom of the balcony and the monumental chimney.

18th Century. Neoclassical. This neoclassical building of huge columns was erected with drawings of Melchor de Prado between 1769 and 1805, on the site that had occupied the College of Compañía de Jesús. The top floor was added at the end of 19th century. The pediment representing Minerva was then replaced by the giant statues of benefactors of the University: Lope Gómez de Marzoa, Juan de Ulloa, Alvaro de Cadaval and the count of Monterrey.

14th c. This building, also known as 'Casa do Rei Don Pedro', is an example of Compostela's 14th-century civil architecture.