Iglesia del Pilar - Santiago de Compostela, ES
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member razalas
N 42° 52.589 W 008° 32.891
29T E 536900 N 4747197
The Church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar is a Baroque-style Catholic temple in the city of Santiago de Compostela.
Waymark Code: WM131VJ
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 08/28/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
Views: 1

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"Built in the first half of the 18th century. It has one nave on a rectangular ground plan with granite masonry walls, and an intersecting slate roof. Undecorated facade except for the niche in the shape of a scallop shell above the doorway, with the rounded granite image of the "Virgin of the Pillar". Crowned at both ends with two towers. The interior is also architecturally austere, although it used to have a Baroque retable, designed by Miguel de Romay (1720), which was later taken down and moved to the Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval. In its place, there is a painted Christ, by the Compostela sculptor Castor Lata."

Retrieved from the Galicia official tourism website:https://www.turismo.gal

Group that erected the marker: City of Santiago de Compostela

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia ES


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