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Compostela

British  
/ kɔmpɔsˈtela /

noun

  1. See Santiago de Compostela

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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

The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

From Barron's • 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

In addition to the University of Exeter, the research team included scientists from the University of Vigo and the University of Santiago de Compostela.

From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023

The archbishop and his canons, with the enemy hammering on the gates of Compostela, hastily took up and reburied the three coffins of the original shrine, so secretly that they could not be found again.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee