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Unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain

Parliament of Galicia

The Parliament of Galicia is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

Parliament of Galicia
Parliament of Galicia · Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez
The place

The Parliament of Galicia is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies. Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of the Xunta of Galicia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with the four Galician provinces serving as constituencies.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Parliament of Galicia

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

    The Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica is part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and is an integral component of the Santiago de Compostela World Heritage Site in Galicia, Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.

    900 m · Roman Catholic cathedral of the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro

    Estadio Municipal Verónica Boquete de San Lázaro, formerly called Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro, is a multipurpose stadium in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SD Compostela.

    2.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Santiago de Compostela

    The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia.

    1.7 km · university in Spain · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Glory's Portico

    The Portico of Glory of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Romanesque portico and the cathedral's main gate created by Master Mateo and his workshop, on the orders of King Ferdinand II of León. The king donated to Mateo one hundred maravedís annually between 1168 and 1188.

    900 m · Romanesque portico and the main gate of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, created by Master Mateo and his workshop · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Botafumeiro

    The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible used at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, in Spain. Its name comes from the Galician language, where botar means "to eject, to throw away, to expel", and the Latin fume, meaning "smoke".

    900 m · thurible in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Castle da Rocha Forte

    The Rocha Forte Castle is a ruined fort near Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. It was first mentioned in written documents from 1253, but it had probably been built earlier.

    2.7 km · ruined fort in Galicia, Spain · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Pabellón Multiusos Fontes do Sar

    Pavillón Multiusos Fontes do Sar is a multi-purpose sports arena in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. It is owned and operated by Santiago de Compostela city council.

    1.1 km · multi-purpose sports arena in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    900 m · square in Santiago di Compostela · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Palacio de Rajoy

    The Palace of Raxoi is a neoclassical building located in the Obradoiro square in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Completed in 1772 by French architect Carlos Lemaur, it houses the city hall and the presidency of the Regional Government of Galicia.

    900 m · building in Santiago de Compostela · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Galicia Contemporary Art Center

    The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, CGAC is an arts centre based in Santiago de Compostela that aims to promote culture in Galicia through exhibition, enjoyment and knowledge of the trends and currents of contemporary artistic creation.

    1.1 km · contemporary art museum in Galicia, Spain · Wikipedia

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Getting to Parliament of Galicia

Airports
Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ), 11 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 181 km · Asturias (OVD), 217 km
Stations
Santiago de Compostela railway station, 200 m
  • Ranón → Parliament of Galicia
    215 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · €28–39
  • Bilbao → Parliament of Galicia
    458 km · quickest by air, 3h 44m · €100–150
  • Madrid → Parliament of Galicia
    2471 km · quickest by air, 8h 4m · €210–350
  • From anywhere
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Parliament of Galicia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOne heroic bus traverses the country north-south, from A Coruña via Santiago to Pontevedra, Vigo, Ourense, Zamora, Salamanca, Bejar, Plasencia, Caceres, Merida, Zafra, Seville, Jerez, Cadiz, Tarifa and Algeciras, for ferries to Morocco.

From Wikivoyage: Santiago de Compostela, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    Isle of WightGB

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    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

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  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,337 km

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