Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
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The Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Spain. It was designated in 1993, and later expanded and renamed in 2015. The complete site includes a network of five traditional pilgrimage routes of the Way of Saint James as it passes through Northern Spain: the popular French Way, the Primitive Way, the Northern or Coastal Way, the Interior Way and the Liébana Route; as well as 16 of the most "culturally significant" individual structures, including religious and civil buildings.[1]
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Spain |
Includes | 5 routes and 16 structures |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
Reference | 669bis |
Inscription | 1993 (17th Session) |
Extensions | 2015 |
Area | 16,286 ha (40,240 acres) |
Coordinates | 43°20′6″N 6°24′53″W |
In 1998, UNESCO also designated as World Heritage Site the routes located in France. The old town of Santiago de Compostela and its cathedral, the final destination of these routes, is also a World Heritage site, although separate from this one. It was inscribed in 1985.[2]