Monastery

Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares

Santiago de Compostela · A Coruña

Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares, monastery en Santiago de Compostela

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The Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares (Galician: Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares) is a monastery in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Background The monastery was founded in the 11th century by Alfonso II of Asturias as a Benedictine monastery originally staffed by twelve monks. It was initially aimed to look after and render worship to the newly discovered tomb of the Apostle James, which brought a pilgrimage status to the city. Once the Benedictine monks left the monastery in 1499, it was occupied by cloistered nuns and dedicated to Pelagius of Córdoba, a 10th-century Galician child captured, martyred by order of the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of al-Andalus after his refusal to renounce of his Christian faith. The present-day construction is almost entirely from the 17th and 18th centuries. See also Plaza de la Quintana Casa da Parra References

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Facts

What it is Mosteiro

Style Arquitectura barroca

Dedicated to Paio de Albeos

Part of Camiño de Santiago francés na provincia da Coruña

Roof Roof tile

Floors 3

Protected as Parte dun sitio do Patrimonio da Humanidade

Elevation here ≈ 273 m · Terrain Tiles

Nearest town Santiago de Compostela, 233 m away

Way of St James Camiño Inglés, 49 m away

People in the municipality 100,842 (2025) · IGE

Getting there

Address C/. San Pelayo de Antealtares, 23

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