The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Spanish Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, located in the historic center of the city of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), is the destination of one of the greatest pilgrimages of medieval Europe.
It stands on a tomb attributed to the apostle James, and is the destination of the Camino de Santiago. Thanks to episcopal and papal recognition of the bones found as relics of St. James, the Cathedral of St. James is considered to be the church of the tomb of the Apostle James. The Armenian Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem, however, claims possession of the apostle's skull.
The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and the Compostela pilgrim routes were the determining factor in Galicia and Spain's entry into medieval cultural circles. (Source: Wikipedia)