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June 16, 2009

We started the day off in front of the Catedral de Santiago.

This is the end of the pilgrimage route from France through the northern part of Spain.  The plaza it faces is home to many of the government buildings for the region.

After a short meeting we got on a bus which brought us up to the new City of Culture.

After the tour of the City of Culture we went back into the city of Santiago.  For lunch we found a small restaurant where you ordered two entrees off the menu.  This ended up being one of the best lunches because it ended up having a more significant meal.  It was interesting because as we sat there waiting for food we saw the waitress come out and go to buy most of the products.  From lunch we headed to the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporaneo.

After the visit we stopped in the Museo del Pobo Galego to look at the triple spiral staircase.

Although already a full day we headed across town to see a few more buildings.  On our way we stopped into the Catedral de Santiago.

The Catedral had one of the most interesting organs I have seen in a church with many of the pipes horizontal.

After the Catedral de Santiago we headed over to see a series of smaller buildings.  The first is the SGAE Central Office which is located within a park.

The buildings consists of two front facades: the first, a wall of large stones in front of a wall consisting of CD cases.

From there we headed over across the park to another building by the same architect.  The Casa Europa was made from the same large stones but had more of an order to it then the SGAE.

We then finished the day by heading over to the Biblioteca pública de Santiago Anxel Casal.

Santiago de Compostella Photos

Tags: biblioteca, church, Great food, museum, Santiago de Compostela, stair

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