Religious Tourism: The Way to Santiago

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CHAPTER 3 THE WAY TO SANTIAGO “Being an extraordinary monument set grouped around the tomb of Santiago the Greater one, and destination of all the routes of the greater peregrination of the Christianity between centuries XI and XVIII, Santiago de Compostela is undoubtedly one of the most unquestionable properties inherited from parents of the Humanity. This city, due to its monumental integrity, reunites specific and universal values. To the unique character of its different masterpieces and the transcendental aesthetic contribution is added that makes use of diachronic elements. The nature of this city of Christian peregrination, enriched by the ideological connotations of the Reconquest, has its echo in the enormous spiritual meaning of one of the few deeply places of faith as to become asylums for all the Humanity (...)” The Way of St. James was, in effect, declared a World Heritage Route by UNESCO eight years later in 1993. 3.6 Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, conceived as a small city of stone centred on holy relics and endowed with its own life, has evolved with vitality through the years, resulting in today’s heterogeneous building of different historical styles and artistic tendencies that have been successively superimposed. The Romanesque Cathedral, designed according to the French model of pilgrimage churches, was erected (1075-1211) on the site of the first churches that were built in the place where the Apostle’s ashes appeared, the last of which was destroyed by Almanzor in the summer of 997. The boom of the pilgrimages and the riches of one of the Iberian Peninsula’s biggest feudal estates enabled the beginning of the cathedral’s construction during the episcopacy of Diego Peláez. The building has a traditional Latin-cross ground plan with three naves. The ambulatory surrounds the High Altar in order to provide access to the relics by means of a small transversal corridor where the apostolic ashes are kept. The naves have cruciform pillars with annexed columns. Elegant semicircular arches are used to delimit the volumes. The gallery was built on top of the side naves, all along the cathedral’s length, the arms of David Mashhadigholam Rojo 36
CHAPTER 3 THE WAY TO SANTIAGO the transept and the ambulatory. The exterior part, or triforium, consists of arcades with sections formed by two smaller arches. The gallery is a characteristic construction of pilgrimage churches due to the need for increasing the capacity in order to accommodate a large number of visitors. The central nave is 97 m long and 20 m high; it is covered by barrel vaults and the side naves by groined vaults. The present-day Gothic dome replaced the old Romanesque tower that was erected above the High Altar. Below the dome there is the structure that was designed in the 16th century in order to operate the “botafumeiro”, a large censer made of silver-plated brass that flies from one end of the transept to the other and which was used to purify the atmosphere when the pilgrims slept inside the cathedral. The building has three doors: Azabachería, Platerías and the one leading to the Porch of Glory from Praza do Obradoiro. A tour was designed according to which the cathedral was to be accessed via the north door, formerly called the Door of Paradise, thereafter going through the transept as far as the High Altar and ambulatory in order to visit the Apostle’s tomb and subsequently entering the east arm with sculptural iconography based on the New Testament. 3.7 Cultural Tourism in Santiago de Compostela Gaztelumendi (2006) exposes in his paper how cultural tourism could increase in Santiago de Compostela thanks to be a religious sacred site place. He exposes how the increase of the demand creates great opportunities, and the increase of the supply carries a big competency. Therefore a new creative, realistic and active strategy should be done to increase the cultural tourism there. The competitive advantages that Santiago de Compostela has are for example the label of religious tourism place, but also is also an historical place, not only because of the Christianity but also for the Celtic culture, where ancient rests can be found in Santiago de Compostela and their proximities. But these attractions are not enough to David Mashhadigholam Rojo 37
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