Exterior of The Cathedral
Each of the facades form with their respective squares great urban places. The Baroque facade of the Obradoiro was performed by Casas Novoa, also baroque is the Acibechería, work by Ferro Caaveiro and Fernández Sarela and modified by Ventura Rodríguez, the Praterías, built by the Master Esteban in 1103, and especially the Pórtico da Gloria, primary work of Romanesque sculpture, completed by Master Mateo in 1188.
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