Camino Inglés (A Coruña): Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- San Martiño Pinario monastery
The second largest monastery in Spain after El Escorial, built around 899 by Benedictine monks and by the sixteenth century the most powerful in Galicia.
- Monastery of Xuvia
Romanesque church of a Cluniac monastery, with three semicircular apses that show a French taste brought by the monks from 1114.
- Torre de Andrade
Tower, in Pontedeume, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Sigüeiro Bridge
Bridge, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares
A Benedictine monastery born to watch over the newly found tomb of the Apostle James, with twelve monks at first.
- Monastery of San Francisco do Val de Deus
A Franciscan convent founded in the early thirteenth century on land the Benedictines of San Martiño Pinario gave in exchange for a basket of fish a year, still delivered in the late 1700s.
- Palacio de Rajoy
18th-century neoclassical architecture palace. Designed by Carlos Lemaur.
- Monument to Saint Francis
20th-century monument, designed by Francisco Asorey, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 256 m elevation, 12 m tall, built in marble.
- Museum of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago
Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago. 20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Granell Museum
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Monte Pedroso
Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 461 m elevation.
- Museo Casa da Troia
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo do Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Museo de Terra Santa
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Colección dos Gabinetes de Ciencias do Antigo Instituto de Santiago
Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Fountain of the Horses
Fountain, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Saint Fructuosus
18th-century church in Churrigueresque style, designed by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Saint Michael dos Agros
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of María Salomé, Santiago de Compostela
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of San Bieito do Campo
Church in Neoclassical style, designed by Melchor de Prado y Mariño, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of San Fiz de Solovio
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Iglesia de la Compañía
Church in baroque style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Church of Sant Mary of the Way
Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
A Romanesque cathedral begun in 1075 and consecrated in 1211, with a Baroque Obradoiro front from 1738 to 1750 built to shelter the Portico de la Gloria.
- Monte do Gozo
Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 372 m elevation.
- Ponte das Pías
20th-century bridge, in Ferrol, Spain, 2000.0 km long, built in concrete.
- Iglesia de Santiago
The oldest church in A Coruña, begun in the second half of the 12th century in Romanesque style and reworked after several fires.
- Churche of Saint George
Monument in baroque style, in A Coruña, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Monte Breamo
Natural landmark, in Pontedeume, Spain, at 305 m elevation.
- Igrexa de Santa María do Azougue
Monument, in Betanzos, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Muralla de Betanzos
Monument, in Betanzos, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Museo das Mariñas
20th-century museum, in Betanzos, Spain, covering 2000.0 km².
- Church and convent of San Francisco, A Coruña
Monument, in A Coruña, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Museo de Arte Sacra de Santa María do Campo
Museum, in A Coruña, Spain.
- Museo do Reloxo da Coruña
Museum of Clocks of A Coruña. Museum, in A Coruña, Spain.
- Church of San Nicolao of A Coruña
Church in baroque style, designed by Faustino Domínguez Domínguez, in A Coruña, Spain.
- Igrexa de San Francisco de Betanzos
14th-century church, in Betanzos, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval
Monument in Gothic style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Fountain of Santa Clara
Fountain, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Ferrol Naval Base
Unknown dating to 1740. Designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Hospital of the Catholic Monarchs
16th-century plateresque unknown. Designed by Enrique Egas.
- Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Santiago de Compostela - Ánxel Casal
20th-century monument, dedicated to Ánxel Casal Gosenge, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Pazo de Fonseca
16th-century monument in Spanish Renaissance style, designed by Juan de Álava, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Old Town of Santiago de Compostela
Monument, in A Coruña Province, Spain, designated as World Heritage Site, covering 107.6 km².
- Pazo de San Lorenzo de Trasouto
Monument in Romanesque art in Galicia style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Convent of Santa Clara de Santiago de Compostela
Convent of Poor Clares founded in 1260, known above all for its granite curtain facade of 1719, a bold piece of Compostela Baroque.
- Colegiata de Santa María del Sar
Monument in Romanesque art style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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