Where is coruna

Built in the 12th century, it is the oldest church in the city, with later additions from the 14th and 15th centuries. Inside, the nave is wide, with pointed arches, and a polychromed statue of St. James the Apostle which dates from the 13th century. Thanks to its architectural interest it is an official Historic and Artistic Monument. This former collegiate church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Sailors' Guild. An added attraction is the Museum of Religious Art inside the church, with works ranging from the 12th to the 15th centuries.

The convent complex, on the site of an earlier chapel to St. Barbara, was enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. San Jorge is notable for a niche in its interior holding an image of the Virgin of Sorrows from the same period.

The convent of Santo Domingo is also worth seeing. You should also visit the city's most important civil constructions. It is an elegant, monumental building from the early 20th century, characterised by arcades and galleries, with three towers topped by attractive domes. There are plenty of tourist information points and an increasing number of guides and town maps are now becoming available in English, French and German. Hotels, villas and apartments are also more easily sourced in this locality than in say in Pontevedra or Lugo and the big cities, especially Santiago de Compostela, have something of a cosmopolitan air to them.

That said la Coruna is unmistakably a part of Galicia and it serves up the architecture, cuisine and Celtic ancestry of the region, but perhaps in a way that makes it a more easily accessible to the foreign tourist. A few examples of must see localities in the province as a whole include la Coruna itself, the magnificent city of Santiago de Compostela , Betanzos and at least two or three of the areas coastal towns, with Noia, Muros and Porto Sin being some good examples.

Finally, reaching la Coruna has never been easier, especially if you live in the UK. The Province holds two of Galicia's three international airports at Santiago de Compostela and Coruna itself, and from the UK direct flights leave both Heathrow and Stansted airports on a daily basis. See our Getting there page from the button in the left menu for flight and airport details. Left, one of the many glass faced buildings in la Coruna.

This one is at the far end of the area for which the town has acquired the name of "glass city" and it features the galeria style enclosed balconies for which the older areas of the town are famous.

To the Seafront Promenade Where to eat. Don't miss. Mozart Festival. Although at first only works by Mozart were performed, today the festival is open to vocal pieces by other great composers from the Baroque period and the Italian Rossini. Pop music concerts and plays in the city's theatres round off the festival period.

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