10Santa María das Areas

Fisterra · Galicia

On the road to the lighthouse, where the known world came to an end, the church gathers the memory of the pilgrims who prolonged the Camino to the end of the earth. It guards the venerated Santo Cristo de Fisterra, a Gothic image of deep seafaring devotion.

Chronology and style

Origin documented in 1199 · Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque · Parish church and sanctuary of the Santo Cristo

Ways and routes

CAMINO DE FISTERRA-MUXÍA