The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela was erected there, and throughout the Middle Ages it was one of the most popular pilgrim-resorts in Christendom.]

The early architectural history of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

The early architectural history of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

They go on pilgrimages to that cavern just as we go to Rome, or to the Vatican, Compostela, or the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

All the Saracens who embraced Christianity were spared, but the remainder were slain before the emperor journeyed to the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela to pay his devotions.

Before beginning this war, however, the Cid remembered a vow he had made; and, accompanied by twenty brave young hidalgos, he set out for a pious pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, the shrine of the patron saint of Spain.