September 1st 2002
Santiago de Compostela
In the middle ages, Santiago de Compostela was Christendom's third most important place of pilgrimage, behind Jerusalem and Rome. Around Santiago's Praza do Obrdorio is a collection of historic buildings with few equals in Europe. Pilgrims continue to walk to Santiago today; some of them walking from Paris, 900 miles away.
According to legend, the bones of the apostle St. James were found in Santiago de Compostela, and the great Cathedral of Santiago was built to house his bones. In the middle ages half-a-million pilgrims per year, from all over Europe, made the trip to Santiago.
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