Santiago de Compostela has many mysteries that have not been discovered and things that we don't know for a fact. One of the mystery is whether or not saint James the greatest traveled from Jerusalem to Iberian, Peninsula. Even though we don't know some things we still have a bit of information of it and how it has in the past. The town is located northwest of Spain were one of the most well know cathedrals. Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia. The town is named after the Apostle Saint James or Santiago. It was founded around 400, it was around the time of the Roman Empire's falling. Santiago de Compostela was taken control by many people. Some of the people who took controls were King Visingothic, the Arabs in between the years 711-739, and King Visigothic who regained control of Santiago de Compastela.
The City of Santiago de Compostela has amazing statues and designs inside there cathedral. The cathedral is the most popular and most visited cathedral in all of Europe. It has many legends and mysteries that have been left to us. There is a Shrine of Saint james the greatest. millions of Tourists who visited the shrine come with great love and …show more content…
The tourist mostly come to see the massive cathedral that has the body of saint James the greatest. There are stories of how the Virgin Mary came to him and told him to go to promise land. So he went from Spain, Santiago de Compastela were he was preaching and went on his way to the promise land. On his was he went to the promise land he has captured and beheaded. The people of Compastela found out what happened and it is said that they brought his remaining and brought him to Spain and buried him in there town. Although many historians don’t believe that St. James ever visited Spain. The idea of his relics being transported to Iberia is thought by historians is hat the relics must have been a fabrication from the
The City of Santiago de Compostela has amazing statues and designs inside there cathedral. The cathedral is the most popular and most visited cathedral in all of Europe. It has many legends and mysteries that have been left to us. There is a Shrine of Saint james the greatest. millions of Tourists who visited the shrine come with great love and …show more content…
The tourist mostly come to see the massive cathedral that has the body of saint James the greatest. There are stories of how the Virgin Mary came to him and told him to go to promise land. So he went from Spain, Santiago de Compastela were he was preaching and went on his way to the promise land. On his was he went to the promise land he has captured and beheaded. The people of Compastela found out what happened and it is said that they brought his remaining and brought him to Spain and buried him in there town. Although many historians don’t believe that St. James ever visited Spain. The idea of his relics being transported to Iberia is thought by historians is hat the relics must have been a fabrication from the