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Santiago de Compostela Travel Guide

Santiago de Compostela, Spain — History and Culture

Santiago de Compostela is the subject of the first guidebook in history, the early-12th-century Codex Calixtinus, part of which details the famous pilgrim route, the Camino de Santiago (Way of St James). The city's importance in the history of Christianity is such that it is the third holiest site in Christendom, after Jerusalem and Rome.