Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. In 1985, the city's Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Obradoiro façade of the grand Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Image: Santiago Cathedral 2021 west panorama
Image: Parador de Santiago Entrance
Image: Plaza de las Platerías, Santiago de Compostela, España, 2015 09 22, DD 15
Autonomous communities of Spain
In Spain, an autonomous community is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
First page of the Spanish Constitution.
The Basque Parliament or the Eusko Legebiltzarra, in session.
The Parliament of Catalonia or the Parlament de Catalunya, in 2017.
The Conference of Presidents in 2017, is the meeting between the Government of Spain or Gobierno de la Nación and the presidents of the Autonomous communities of Spain.
