Cathedral of the Caminos, the A4

A cathedral is, as well as a church where the Bishop has his cathedra, an ecclesiastical institution and a place for the faithful. And, in Compostela’s case, it is also de destination of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from every corner of the globe that project into it their yearnings, hopes and expieriences. It is also the reason why this impressive monumental city was created and thrived.

Therefore, to equate the church with a living being, constituted by all the men and women that over the course of a thousand years of history have lived under its protection or have made it, however briefly, a part of their lives, is a wonderful way of introducing this chronicle that, to be consistent, we should consider more a biography than a history of the Cathedral.