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Santiago de Compostela

 

 

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Many would say the most important site in the Spanish-speaking world.

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela - Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (1075 - 1211), with added Baroque 18th century
Façade of the Obradoiro, depicting Apostle Saint James the Greater and his two disciples, Athanasius and Theodore.

 

 

 

 

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יַעֲקֹב - Ἰάκωβος - Santiago de Zebedeo/Santiago el Mayor - Иаков Зеведеев - Apostle Saint James the Greater, son of Zebedee, brother of Apostle Evangelist Saint John the Theologian. Reliquary in Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

The brothers —Βοανηργες - Boanerges, Sons of Thunder — were two of The Three Apostles Jesus selected and set apart even with the body of The Twelve Apostles, the other of The Three being Apostle Saint Peter, their leader.

 

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Alonso III de Fonseca - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela   Alpha and Omega
Alonso III de Fonseca - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela    

 

 

 

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  Palacio de Rajoy, Santiago de Compostella  

 

 

 

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Reconquista ... in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela,   and across the street atop the Palacio de Rajoy

 

 

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    Spain - United European Christendom