Santiago de Compostela - Holy Year
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Under a special privilege granted by Pope Callistus (Calixtus) II, every year in which the feast of St James (July 25) falls on a Sunday is a Holy Year. In the Holy Year of 1993 seven million visitors came to Santiago, 100,000 of whom were issued with "compostelas", pilgri, certificates. The next Holy Year will be 1999.
Hobbies & Activities category: Festival of arts of short duration; Christian sites
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