Santiago de Compostella
Santiago de Compostella, a city of nearly 96 thousand,1 with a metropolitan population of over 152 thousand,2 is in the south center of A Coruña Province, in Galicia Autonomous Community, España (Spain). It is the end destination for Catholic Christian pilgrims seeking the legendary burial place of Saint James (Santiago) the Great; the routes to it in Spain constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The old quarters of the city, including the 18th century cathedral, are similarly honored by UNESCO.3
External references
Cathedral, Santiago de Compostella, A Coruña Province, Galicia Autonomous Community, España (Spain)
Footnotes
1. 2012 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela, accessed December 28-30, 2015.
2. Francisco Ruiz column for 2008 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Spain, accessed 12/28-30/2015.
3. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).
