Compostela
Britishnoun
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With the death toll still provisional, the crash is Spain's deadliest rail disaster since a derailment near Santiago de Compostela in the northwest killed 80 people in 2013.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Then, at the end of May, after 26 days and 500 miles of walking, I reached Santiago de Compostela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A derailment near Santiago de Compostela in 2013 that killed 80 people was not part of the AVE network, although that train was travelling at high speed.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
And it’s nothing new — think the Christian pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, Jerusalem and Rome of the Middle Ages, for starters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Not long afterwards Compostela, Gandia, and Jativa were abandoned, the town of Compostela having been burned on two separate occasions.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
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