Do you want to visit the World Heritage in Galicia? Search no further, as I’ve rounded up a complete list of the World Heritage in Galicia. From Santiago de Compostela to Lugo, get ready to discover unique, beautiful, and jaw-dropping sites!

Galicia is an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain and its capital is the city of Santiago de Compostela. In addition, it’s the fifth most populous region in the country and the seventh largest, encompassing the A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces!

So, do you want to know more about the World Heritage In Galicia (2024)? Keep reading!

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World Heritage in Spain

These are the 50 sites currently listed as World Heritage in Spain:

1. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (Andalusia)
2. Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, and Navarre)
3. Antequera Dolmens Site (Andalusia)
4. Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (Community of Madrid)
5. Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (Extremadura)
6. Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (Catalonia)
7. Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (Castile and León)
8. Burgos Cathedral (Castile and León)
9. Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (Andalusia)
10. Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (Catalonia)
11. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (Andalusia)
12. Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cantabria)
13. Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (Balearic Islands)
14. Doñana National Park (Andalusia)
15. Garajonay National Park (Canary Islands)
16. Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija (Castilla-La Mancha)
17. Historic Centre of Cordoba (Andalusia)
18. Historic City of Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha)
19. Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha)
20. Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (Balearic Islands)
21. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Valencian Community)
22. Las Médulas (Castile and León)
23. Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (Community of Madrid)
24. Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (Asturias)
25. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (Aragon)
26. Old City of Salamanca (Castile and León)
27. Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (Castile and León)
28. Old Town of Cáceres (Estremadura)
29. Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (Castile and León)
30. Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (Catalonia)
31. Palmeral of Elche (Valencian Community)
32. Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences (Community of Madrid)
33. Poblet Monastery (Catalonia)
34. Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (Castile and León)
35. Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca (Balearic Islands)
36. Pyrénées – Mont Perdu (Aragon)
37. Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (Andalusia)
38. Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape (Canary Islands)
39. Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula (Andaluzia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Region of Murcia, and Valencian Community)
40. Roman Walls of Lugo (Galicia)
41. Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (Aragon, Castile and León, Galicia, La Rioja, and Navarre)
42. Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (Estremadura)
43. San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands)
44. San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries (La Rioja)
45. Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (Galicia)
46. Teide National Park (Canary Islands)
47. Tower of Hercules (Galicia)
48. University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (Community of Madrid)
49. Vizcaya Bridge (Basque Country)
50. Works of Antoni Gaudí – Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Casa Vicens, Crypt of Colònia Güell, Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Palau Güell, and Park Güell (Catalonia)

As you can see, three of these fifty sites listed as World Heritage in Spain are part of more than one autonomous community. The remaining forty-seven are distributed as follows:

• 7 in Andalusia
• 7 in Castile and León
• 5 in Catalonia
• 4 in the Canary Islands
• 4 in the Community of Madrid
• 3 in Castilla-La Mancha
• 3 in Estremadura
• 3 in Galicia
• 3 in the Balearic Islands
• 2 in Aragon
• 2 in the Valencian Community
• 1 in La Rioja
• 1 in Cantabria
• 1 in Asturias
• 1 in the Basque Country

World Heritage in Galicia

1. Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (1985)

Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1985, the second year in which the country had nominations approved. Of the four sites listed as World Heritage in Galicia, this is the only one situated in the Santiago comarca, in the A Coruña province.

The best things to do in Santiago de Compostela include:

• Catedral de Santiago de Compostela
• Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
• Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
• Colexiata de Santa María do Sar
• Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
• Convento de San Francisco do Val de Deus
• Convento de San Paio de Antealtares
• Mercado de Abastos de Santiago de Compostela
• Mosteiro de San Martiño Pinario
• Museo das Peregrinacións
• Museo do Pobo Galego
• Museo La Casa de la Troya
• Parque de la Alameda
• Parque de San Domingos de Bonaval
• Pazo de Raxoi
• Pazo de Xelmírez
• Praza da Galicia
• Praza da Quintana de Vivos
• Praza das Praterías
• Praza do Obradoiro

2. Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (1993)

The Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993, the seventh year in which the country had nominations approved. Of the four sites listed as World Heritage in Galicia, this is the only one situated in five different autonomous communities:

1. Aragon
2. Castile and León
3. Galicia
4. La Rioja
5. Navarre

These are the 10 Routes of Santiago listed as World Heritage in Galicia:

1. Camiño de Fisterra e Muxía
2. Camiño de Inverno
3. Camiño do Norte
4. Camiño Francés
5. Camiño Inglés
6. Camiño Portugués
7. Camiño Portugués da Costa
8. Camiño Primitivo
9. Ruta do Mar de Arousa e Río Ulla
10. Vía da Prata (Camiño Mozárabe)

3. Roman Walls of Lugo (2000)

The Roman Walls of Lugo were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000, the thirteenth year in which the country had nominations approved. Of the four sites listed as World Heritage in Galicia, this is the only one situated in the Lugo comarca, in the Lugo province.

The best things to do in Lugo include:

• Catedral de Santa María de Lugo
• Domus do Mitreo
• Muralla Romana de Lugo
• Museo Interactivo da Historia de Lugo (MIHL)
• Museo Provincial de Lugo
• Parque das Saamasas
• Parque de Rosalía de Castro
• Parque do Miño
• Paseo Fluvial do Río Miño
• Ponte Vella de Lugo

4. Tower of Hercules (2009)

The Tower of Hercules was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2009, the nineteenth year in which the country had nominations approved. Of the four sites listed as World Heritage in Galicia, this is the only one situated in the A Coruña comarca, in the A Coruña province.

The best things to do in A Coruña include:

• Aquarium Finisterrae
• Casa das Ciencias
• Casa do Home
• Castelo de Santo Antón
• Igrexa de Santiago
• Monte de San Pedro
• Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña
• Museo Estrella Galicia (MEGA)
• Museo Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnoloxía
• Palacio de María Pita
• Praia das Lapas
• Praia de Riazor
• Praia do Orzán
• Torre de Hércules
• Xardíns de Méndez Núñez

Map of the World Heritage in Galicia

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