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City of Destination
This holy city of Christian world and the third largest city of Spain is a university town and the market place for Galician formers. It is located at the North West of Madrid and to the south of La Coruna. But it was the medieval pilgrims who made the city famous. A pilgrimage to the tomb of the beheaded apostle, St. James, was a high point for the faithful -- peasant and prince alike -- who journeyed here from all over Europe. The link of Santiago de Compostela with legend began in AD. The discovery of Urn in 813 confirmed that it was the remains of St. James. A temple was erected over the spot, but in the 16th century, church fathers hid the remains of the saint, fearing they might be destroyed in raids along the coast by Sir Francis Drake. Somewhat amazingly, the alleged remains -- subject of millions of pilgrimages from across Europe -- lay relatively forgotten. In 1879, after from ignorance of many decades it was discovered by a workman making repairs on church what was supposed to be the remains, hidden since the 1500s. Of course, skeptics seriously questioned their authenticity. To prove it was the actual corpse of St. James, church officials brought back a sliver of the skull of St. James from Italy. They claimed that it fit perfectly, like a puzzle piece, into the recently discovered skeleton. One of the romantic, historic and among the great city’s of Spain, it is famous for its religious connection and also having the flagstone streets, churches, shrines. It has been declared a national landmark. Santiago has the dubious distinction of being the rainiest city in Spain, but the showers tend to arrive and end suddenly. Locals claim that the rain only makes their city more beautiful, and the rain-slick cobblestones might prompt you to agree.
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