Santiago de Compostela

British  

/ de kɔmpɔsˈtela /

noun

1. Latin name: Campus Stellae.  a city in NW Spain: place of pilgrimage since the 9th century and the most visited (after Jerusalem and Rome) in the Middle Ages; cathedral built over the tomb of the apostle St James. Pop: 92 339 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

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

Scientists led by Edgard Camarós, a paleopathologist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain were studying an approximately 4,600-year-old Egyptian skull when they found signs of brain cancer and its treatment.

From New York Times • May 29, 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

Alonso Alonso would be in his very element in Santiago de Compostela.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee