San Martín Pinario Seminary stands in Praza da Inmaculada,
only a few meters away from Azabachería facade of the Cathedral. It was founded
as a monastery by some Benedictine monks in the last third of the 16th century
and its construction ended two centuries later, in the late 18th century. The
monastery is, together with the Cathedral, the most valuable set Galician
Baroque, and the second largest in Spain, after El Escorial (Madrid).
Today, it is the seat of Santiago’s
Seminar and also houses a museum of religious art which contains relics,
collections of gold and ivory and liturgical vestments.
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