Sarria

Sarria is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sarria. It is head of the region and the most popular starting point for the Camino de Santiago; many pilgrims choose Sarria because the distance from this point to Santiago allows them to cover the necessary kilometers to reach the Compostela, a certificate of accomplishment. King Alfonso IX of León died in Sarria in 1230 while making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: municipality
Settlement.official_name: Sarria
Settlement.image_skyline: Sarria, en Lugo (España).jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Sarria.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Sarria.svg
Settlement.image_caption: Town view.
Settlement.image_map: Situacion Sarria.PNG
Settlement.map_caption: Situation of Sarria within Galicia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Parroquias
Settlement.subdivision_name: 52
Settlement.leader_title: Alcalde (Mayor)
Settlement.leader_name: Claudio M. Garrido Martinez
Settlement.area_note: 185 km²
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CET
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections

Contents

Artistic heritage
Leisure activities
Camino de Santiago
Gallery
Notable people
References
See also

==Artistic heritage== Sarria's artistic heritage is primarily characterized by churches, which are essential to the Way of St. James. This includes the early-Gothic, 13th-century church, O Salvador, which is located on Rúa Maior. In this town, from its unusual rúa Maior, it is possible to see the only tower that remains of the medieval fortress belonging to the town called Fortress of Sarria.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.