Cloister
Catedral Basilica de Santiago de Compostela - Santiago Cathedral. Cloister.
"The Cloisters (Claustro), entered from the S. transept (near the Puerta de Platerias), were built by Archbp. Fonseca in1521-46 in the plateresque style, and are among the largest and most beautiful in Spain. The walks are 115 ft. long and 19 ft. wide. — Adjoining the cloisters is the Sala Capitular, the walls of which are hung with tapestry, executed in Flanders and Madrid from designs by Teniers and Bayeu".--Baedeker 1913.
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