Santiago de Compostela Cathedral: Then and Now

Romanesque cathedral over the reputed tomb of St James, consecrated in 1211; the goal of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, historical view — Genaro Pérez Villaamil, the Pórtico de la Gloria (1849). Genaro Pérez Villaamil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, today — Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country today	Spain
Status	Standing
Date	1211
Nearest city on the map	Lisbon (about 465 km)
Location	42.881° N, -8.545° E

Map showing Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in 1200 — Border map for 1200. See Europe in 1200.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–401 BC	Unclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BC	Hallstatt culture
323 BC–201 BC	Unclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BC	Celts
100 BC–2 BC	Unclaimed / no data
1 BC–299	Roman Empire
300–399	Rome (Maximian)
400–499	Western Roman Empire
500–599	Suebi
600–699	Visigothic Kingdom
700–799	Umayyad Caliphate
800–999	Asturias
1000–1299	León
1300–1491	Castile
1492–1599	Castile
1600–today	Spain

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