Compostela
Britishnoun
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The shell was also a widely recognized symbol associated with pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 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
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
Never mind being able to hear the noise from one end of Glasgow to the other, you could have heard the racket from Santiago de Compostela to Seville.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023
In February, 1540, Coronado left Compostela with some two hundred horsemen, seventy foot soldiers, and nearly one thousand Indian allies and servants.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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