{"id":1205,"date":"2026-06-15T22:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:01:04","slug":"may-10-2025-santiago-the-portico-of-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"May 10, 2026: Santiago (The Portico of Glory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-square tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oldgriffy.com\\\/?p=1205&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:240229329}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 166px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"166\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 166px; height: 166px;\" data-original-width=\"166\" data-original-height=\"166\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/?attachment_id=1210\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"162\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"162\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1210\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1236,1668\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0079\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?fit=222%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?fit=759%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?w=162&#038;h=162&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=162%2C162&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0079.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=162%2C162&amp;ssl=1 486w\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"162\" data-original-height=\"162\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_0079\" alt=\"IMG_0079\" style=\"width: 162px; 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height: 162px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p>The <strong data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"66\">Portico of Glory<\/strong> (<em data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"87\">P\u00f3rtico da Gloria<\/em>) is the great sculpted entrance inside the western end of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and for many pilgrims it is the artistic and spiritual climax of the Camino de Santiago. Created by the master sculptor and architect <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Master Mateo<\/span><\/span> between about 1168 and 1211, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Romanesque art in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be posting more from Santiago de Compostela, Amenal, Arzua, my continuing work on the infrastructure of the Camino, as well as what I&#8217;ve learned about the Camino, pilgrimage, and death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portico of Glory (P\u00f3rtico da Gloria) is the great sculpted entrance inside the western end of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and for many pilgrims it is the artistic and spiritual climax of the Camino de Santiago. Created by the master sculptor and architect Master Mateo between about 1168 and 1211, it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193664754,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1393,1387,1379,1380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camino-2026","category-misc","category-personal","category-writing"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgfYCB-jr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":918,"url":"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/?p=918","url_meta":{"origin":1205,"position":0},"title":"May 2, 2026: Villafranca del Bierzo","author":"Old Griffy","date":"May 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Villafranca del Bierzo, a key stop on the Camino de Santiago. 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