Plaza del Obradoiro
The Praza do Obradoiro is main square of the Santiago de Compostela old town, although not placed at the real centre. It lies to the West of the main façade of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, and thus the Pórtico da Gloria must be crossed to get into the building from the square.- Square
- …lies at an elevation of 256 metres (840 feet)
- …is also known as “Praza do Obradoiro”
- Description: square in Santiago di Compostela
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santiago Cathedral Museum and Palacio de Gelmírez.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cornes and City of Culture of Galicia.
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Plaza del Obradoiro
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Latitude
42.88048° or 42° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
-8.54584° or 8° 32′ 45″ west
Open location code
8CJHVFJ3+5M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrian
OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Plaza del Obradoiro” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Obradoiro enparantza”
- Catalan: “Praza do Obradoiro”
- Chinese: “石匠廣場”
- Dutch: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان اوبرادويرو”
- French: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
- Galician: “Praza do Obradoiro”
- German: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
- Italian: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
- Italian: “Praza do Obradoiro”
- Japanese: “オブラドイロ広場”
- Portuguese: “Praça do Obradoiro”
- Spanish: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
- Swedish: “Plaza del Obradoiro”
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