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Astorga Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María)
Astorga, Astorga, Castilla y León (León), Spain
The record concerns a living church and pilgrimage site within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Ávila Cathedral
Ávila, Ávila, Spain
Ávila Cathedral rises where devotion and defense were never separate acts. Its granite apse, the cimorro, is built directly into the medieval city wall as one of its...
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Encina, Ponferrada
Ponferrada, Ponferrada, Castilla y León (León), Spain
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Zaragoza)
Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Catholic tradition places the Virgin Mary's first apparition on 2 January AD 40 — while she was still living in Jerusalem — to the apostle James the Greater on the banks...
Basilica of Begoña
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
On a hill above Bilbao's Old Town, the Basilica of Begoña has been the spiritual home of the Basque people since the medieval era....
Basilica of Saint Teresa, Alba de Tormes
Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain
In the center of Alba de Tormes, two adjoining buildings tell one story split across three centuries....
Basilica of San Isidoro
León, León, Spain
On the edge of León's old town, this Romanesque church holds the relics of Saint Isidore of Seville alongside the tombs of eleven kings and twelve queens of León....
Basilica of San Vicente, Ávila
Ávila, Ávila, Spain
Just outside Ávila's medieval walls, the Basilica of San Vicente rises over the traditional site where three sibling martyrs, Vicente, Sabina, and Cristeta, were killed...
Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
A soaring Catalan Gothic basilica in Barcelona's Born district, built between 1329 and 1384 not by nobility but by the sailors, fishermen, and bastaixos dockworkers of the...
Basilica of Santa María, Elche
Elche, Alicante, Spain
The Basilica of Santa María in Elche, southeastern Spain, is the home of the Misteri d'Elx — a fully sung medieval liturgical drama on the Assumption of the Virgin,...
Basilica of the Royal Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
On Tenerife's Atlantic coast, the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria holds the patroness of the Canary Islands in a sanctuary built above the cave where the Guanche people...
Bilbao Cathedral (Catedral de Santiago)
Bilbao, Bilbao, Basque Country (Bizkaia), Spain
The record concerns a living church and pilgrimage site within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Burgos Cathedral
Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Burgos Cathedral rises in the heart of Castile, Spain's first Gothic church and the only Spanish cathedral designated as a standalone World Heritage Site....
Cathedral of Lugo
Lugo, Lugo, Spain
Lugo Cathedral has kept the consecrated Host exposed on its altar, day and night, without interruption, for longer than anyone can fully document....
Cathedral of Menorca
Ciutadella de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
The Cathedral of Menorca stands in the old town of Ciutadella, its Catalan Gothic nave begun in 1300 on the site of the city's principal mosque....
Cathedral of Murcia
Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Seat of the Diocese of Cartagena since 1291, the Cathedral of Murcia rises on the foundations of the city's former Great Mosque and holds, beneath its main altar, the...
Cathedral of Santa Maria of Ibiza
Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain
The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Ibiza stands at the highest point of Dalt Vila, Ibiza's fortified old town....
Church of Saint Mary of Eunate
Muruzábal, Navarre, Spain
Off a quiet detour from the Camino Francés near Muruzábal, Eunate stands by itself in open farmland: an octagonal Romanesque church wrapped in a gallery of thirty-three...
Church of San Miguel de Lillo
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Consecrated in 848 by King Ramiro I and his wife Paterna as the chapel of their Monte Naranco palace complex, San Miguel de Lillo survives today only as its western third...
Church of Sant Antoni de Portmany
Sant Antoni de Portmany, Balearic Islands, Spain
Overlooking the harbor at the heart of Sant Antoni de Portmany, this fortified parish church has stood since the early 14th century, when the Archbishop of Tarragona...
Church of Sant Francesc Xavier
Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
The parish church of Sant Francesc Xavier is the plain, thick-walled heart of Formentera's capital, raised between 1726 and the late 1730s to serve a resettled island...
Church of Santa María del Naranco
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Commissioned around 842 by King Ramiro I of Asturias as the ceremonial hall of his hillside palace, this two-story loggia building later became a Catholic church dedicated...
Church of the Pilgrim Virgin, Pontevedra
Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Built between 1778 and 1794, the Church of the Pilgrim Virgin takes the shape of a scallop shell — the emblem carried by every walker of the Camino de Santiago....
Convent of Saint Teresa, Ávila
Ávila, Ávila, Spain
A 17th-century Baroque church and convent raised over the room where Teresa of Ávila was born in 1515, now an active Discalced Carmelite site holding her relics in a crypt...
Ex-Collegiate Church of Santa María del Manzano
Castrojeriz, Burgos, Spain
Beneath Castrojeriz's hilltop castle, this ex-collegiate church holds a 13th-century Gothic Virgin whose name recalls a founding legend of discovery in an apple tree....
Iglesia de San Pedro (Gijón)
Gijón, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Iglesia de San Pedro (Gijón) is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Gijón, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa, Estella
Estella, Estella, Navarra, Spain
Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa, Estella is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Estella, Estella, Navarra, Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de San Tirso, Sahagún
Sahagún, Sahagún, Castilla y León (León), Spain
Iglesia de San Tirso, Sahagún is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Sahagún, Sahagún, Castilla y León (León), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de Santa María del Camino, Carrión de los Condes
Carrión de los Condes, Carrión de los Condes, Castilla y León (Palencia), Spain
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Iglesia de Santa María del Juncal
Irún, Irún, Basque Country (Gipuzkoa), Spain
Iglesia de Santa María del Juncal is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Irún, Irún, Basque Country (Gipuzkoa), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de Santiago el Real, Logroño
Logroño, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Its inclusion on Camino Francés (French Way) is supported by the reviewed route, religious, built legacy, and structured-exact entity documented references....
Iglesia del Crucifijo, Puente la Reina
Puente la Reina, Puente la Reina, Navarra, Spain
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Igrexa de San Xoán ou San Nicolao, Portomarín
Portomarín, Portomarín, Galicia (Lugo), Spain
Its inclusion on Camino Francés (French Way) is supported by the reviewed route, religious, heritage record, and structured-resolved subject sources....
Igrexa de Santa Mariña, Sarria
Sarria, Sarria, Galicia (Lugo), Spain
Igrexa de Santa Mariña, Sarria is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Sarria, Sarria, Galicia (Lugo), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Jaca Cathedral
Jaca, Huesca, Spain
Begun around 1076 under King Sancho Ramírez, Jaca Cathedral is among the oldest Romanesque cathedrals in Spain and the principal waypoint for pilgrims descending the...
Mondoñedo Cathedral
Mondoñedo, Lugo, Spain
Mondoñedo Cathedral is known locally as 'La Catedral Arrodillada'—the Kneeling Cathedral—for the unusually low, austere proportions of its Romanesque-to-Gothic nave....
Orihuela Cathedral
Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
Orihuela Cathedral is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, built in Valencian Gothic style on the site of the city's principal mosque after the 1281...
Oviedo Cathedral and Holy Chamber
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Built by King Alfonso II in the early 9th century to house relics carried north ahead of the Moorish conquest, the Cámara Santa remains one of Christendom's most...
Palma Cathedral
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Palma Cathedral, known locally as La Seu, stands directly on Palma's old sea wall, its immense Gothic nave and rose window visible from the water long before a visitor...
Pamplona Cathedral (Santa María la Real)
Pamplona, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
The record concerns a living church and pilgrimage site within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Roncesvalles Collegiate Church
Roncesvalles/Orreaga, Navarre, Spain
Roncesvalles sits just past the Pyrenees crossing from France, at the point where the Camino Francés begins in earnest....
Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
The Royal Basilica provides the church, liturgy, and historical setting for the small image of Our Lady of Atocha....
Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Inaugurated in 1784 by Charles III, the Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande pairs an active Franciscan parish with a dome built explicitly to rival the Pantheon and...
Royal Chapel of Granada
Granada, Granada, Spain
Built 1505-1517 by royal charter as the dynastic mausoleum of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, the Royal Chapel is both an active Catholic church and a...
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The Sagrada Família began in 1882 as an expiatory temple, funded entirely by donation, dedicated to the Holy Family....
San Sebastián Cathedral (Catedral del Buen Pastor)
San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
San Sebastian's Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the active seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastian and a clear ecclesial landmark near the Camino del Norte....
Santa María la Real do Cebreiro
Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Lugo, Spain
Perched at 1,293 meters where the Camino Francés crosses from Castile-León into Galicia, this small pre-Romanesque church has sheltered pilgrims since the 9th century....
Santander Cathedral (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción)
Santander, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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