Santiago de Compostela is a city in Galicia, Spain, with a population of about 175,000. It is the capital of the province of the same name, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and one of the most important cultural centers in Galicia. The quarter of modern Santiago dates from its foundation in 1221 when King Alfonso IX of Leon founded the city to mark where St. James the Apostle had beheaded his own sword
It was declared capital of Galicia in 1586, and has become one-of-a-kind as a religious, cultural, commercial and tourist centre.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.Paulo Coelho
Every poem is an infant labored into birth and I am drenched with sweating effort, tired from the pain and hurt of being a man, in the poem I transform myself into a woman.Jimmy Santiago Baca
