38Basilica of Santa María a Maior

Pontevedra · Galicia

Raised by the seafarers’ guild at the height of Pontevedra, it is the masterpiece of Galician Gothic- Plateresque. Its retable-façade, carved like a tapestry of stone, sums up the art of the great stonemasons of the region.

Chronology and style

16th c. · Late Gothic and Plateresque · Basilica

Ways and routes

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS (PORTUGUESE WAY)