The main building of Compostela, the cathedral began to be built in 1075, on the site where the remains of the Apostle Santiago were found, and the city slowly grew around it. From the City of Culture, you have a spectacular view of the temple and its towers. From Mount Gaiás you can see the imposing Clock Tower, seventy metres high, which magnifies the façade of the Platerías, a Baroque work by Domingo de Andrade on an earlier Gothic base; also known as the Trinity Tower, which supports the Berenguela.
On the main façade, which faces the Plaza del Obradoiro, the towers known as the Campás and Carraca towers, designed by Fernando de Casas Novoa in the mid-18th century, rise between 75 and 80 metres. The first of these, the Campás tower, is located on the south side of the epistle, built between the 16th and 18th centuries in the Romanesque style. On the north or gospel side, the tower of the Carraca, has had a replica of this novel musical instrument since 2010, which was rung during Holy Week, to avoid the clanging of the bells as a sign of mourning for the death of Christ.
