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Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is the Romanesque cathedral at the end of the Way of St James, begun in 1075 over the tomb held to be that of the apostle James the Great. Its Baroque Obradoiro façade, completed in the mid-18th century, stands in front of the Portico of Glory, carved by Master Mateo in the late 12th century.

Praza do Obradoiro is the main square of Santiago de Compostela's old town, in front of the cathedral's western façade, where pilgrims on the Way of St James traditionally finish. It is framed by the cathedral, the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, the Pazo de Raxoi, now the city hall, and the Colexio de San Xerome of the university.

The City of Culture of Galicia is a complex of cultural buildings on Mount Gaiás, designed by a team led by Peter Eisenman after a 1999 competition. Its stone-clad buildings rise from the hillside in curved roofs like folds of ground and house the Library and Archive of Galicia and the Gaiás Centre Museum, with walks and the Hejduk towers around them.