Santiago 4 sites that you don´t know for sure

We show you four curious places that most locals know but few tourists have visited. Hidden nooks among which are true architectural jewels or unique elements that make Santiago de Compostela a city to discover. 

1. Kilometer Zero Camino de Santiago 

In the Plaza del Obradoiro, a few meters from the town hall and the cathedral, called Kilometer Zero, marking the end of the Camino de Santiago and the point where they end all routes leading to the crypt of the Apostle. It has been called in this way, referring to the famous namesake space in Madrid, from where they leave all national radial roads of Spain. You will recognize the exact spot because the plate, 1987, reads the inscription: "First European Cultural Route". 

2. Collegiate Church of Sar 

One of the historic buildings of the city that goes unnoticed, probably because it is a little away from the historic center. Romanesque style, built in the twelfth century, but was restored between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because the structure needed reinforcement because of flooding due to its proximity to the river Sar. Some theories suggest that the instability of this temple has to do with errors in its construction, as for example, inside, we can see visibly sloping walls and columns. This collegiate church keeps another secret inside: a magnificent cloister that Master Mateo, the author of the Portico of Glory in the Cathedral, topped with a beautiful decoration.

3. Tree of Knowledge 

This curious decorative element housed in the walls of the College of San Xerome (San Geronimo), current rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela, helps pick which is set back and point the finger, university career should study . What if you were wrong vocation? Give him a chance to prove it! The so-called Tree of Knowledge is located in what was formerly a space dedicated to helping students with fewer economic resources. 

4. The House of Troya

 In this house the old town resided the writer Pérez Lugín, being source of inspiration for his work "La Casa de la Troya", published in 1915. The building, a typical compostelana period house, housed in the late nineteenth century an old student hostel in the city, a few meters from the cathedral, in the street bearing the same name. In the novel the author recreates the atmosphere of the city at the time when the university occupied the guestrooms. Today has become a museum space dedicated to the same theme. 

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