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Santiago Cathedral ( es, Catedral de Santiago; eu, Donejakue Katedrala) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Bilbao. The temple was originally built during the 14th–15th centuries as Bilbao's main parish church, and was only declared cathedral in 1950 when the 
The temple is consecrated in honor of the apostle Saint James the Great (''Santiago in Spanish''), by virtue of being a point of transit for the pilgrims that followed the Northern branch of the Way of Saint James.
Architecturally, the present building is a mixture of styles: from the 15th century San Mamés, la eterna Catedral del fútbol español (San Mamés, the eternal Cathedral of Spanish football)
Information about Santiago cathedral
Photography of Bilbao cathedral (facade and interior)
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bilbao
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bilbao ( la, Dioecesis Flaviobrigensis) is a diocese located in the city of Bilbao and Province of Biscay in Northern Spain. It is part of the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos.
History
* November 2, 1949: Establi ...
was officially created. Its origins probably date to well before the foundation of the city in 1300, when Bilbao was little more than a small enclave of fishermen.
The temple is consecrated in honor of the apostle Saint James the Great (''Santiago in Spanish''), by virtue of being a point of transit for the pilgrims that followed the Northern branch of the Way of Saint James.
Architecturally, the present building is a mixture of styles: from the 15th century Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
of the cloister and the main vault, where of special interest are the cloister and the beautiful portal that gives access ''Correo'' street (''Puerta del Angel''), to the ostentatious Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
façade and spire.
A curious custom is the addition of stone carvings of local merchants along the buttresses of the main vault.
It should not be confused with the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
For various reasons, the San Mamés stadium, home of local football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
team Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...
, was referred to as ''La Catedral'' several decades prior to the inauguration of Santiago Cathedral. A place of worship is depicted on the club's crest (as in the city coat of arms) but this is the nearby San Antón church and its bridge.FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, 24 May 2013
References
External links
Information about Santiago cathedral
Photography of Bilbao cathedral (facade and interior)
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