05Church of San Fiz de Solovio

Santiago de Compostela · Galicia

The oldest church in the city, in the heart of the old town. According to tradition, it was here that the hermit Pelagius, guided by the lights over the starry field, found the Apostle’s tomb. The symbolic origin of the whole pilgrimage.

Chronology and style

Origin 9th c. (Romanesque and later fabric) · Parish church

Ways and routes

CULMINATION OF THE WAYS