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After Jerusalem and Rome, the most prestigious destination for Medieval European pilgrims was Santiago de Compostela, a small city in northern Spain. How did this place become so spiritually significant, and how did this affect the city's secular power?

by /u/Mr_Quinn in /r/AskHistorians

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