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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Praza do Obradoiro.
Tel 981 58 35 48.
Open 7am–8:30pm daily.
5 7:30am, 8:30am, 9am, 10am,
11am, noon, 1pm, 6pm, 7:30pm.
8 rooftops and Pazo de
Xelmírez (tickets and bookings in
museum, 981 56 93 27/96 75 13).
7 Museum: Open 9am–8pm
daily (Nov–Mar: from 10am).
Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Jul, 25 Dec.
& ∑ catedraldesantiago.es

High Altar
Visitors can pass
behind the
ornate high altar
to embrace the
silver mantle of
the 13th-century
statue of
St James.

. Porta das Praterias
The 12th-century Silver-
smiths’ Doorway is rich
in bas-relief sculptures
of biblical scenes.

Crypt
The relics of St James
and two disciples
are said to lie in a tomb
in the crypt, under the
altar, in the original
9th-century foundations.

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