{"id":88527,"date":"2026-10-14T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?post_type=contenido&#038;p=88527"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:47:10","slug":"santa-maria-das-areas-church","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/santa-maria-das-areas-church","title":{"rendered":"Santa Mar\u00eda das Areas Church (Fisterra)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Mar\u00eda das Areas Church, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/concellos\/fisterra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">municipality of Fisterra<\/a>, stands beside the road climbing from the town towards its lighthouse, on the slope of the cape. It deserves far more than a quick stop on the way to the Atlantic: the church is documented in a <strong>donation from 1199<\/strong>, and its architecture combines <strong>Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque<\/strong> phases. Outside, look for the Romanesque doorway with its carved arches, the bell tower and the chapels added over the centuries, all reflecting the importance this sanctuary acquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of its greatest treasures is the chapel of the <strong>Santo Cristo de Fisterra<\/strong>, built around the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth. It houses a Gothic image of Christ, popularly called the <strong>Cristo da Barba Dourada<\/strong>, surrounded by legends and devotional traditions. The Baroque altarpiece framing it was carved by <strong>Miguel de Romay<\/strong> in 1721. Other chapels retain vaulting and details from different artistic periods; if the church is open, walking through them is like reading several centuries of religious art in one building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Mar\u00eda das Areas is closely tied to the pilgrim tradition of travelling beyond Santiago to the &#8216;end of the earth&#8217;. A <strong>pilgrims&#8217; hospital<\/strong> was established opposite the church in 1479, evidence of the many travellers drawn to Fisterra. Allow time for the sanctuary before continuing towards the cape: its architecture, chapels and devotion to the Holy Christ tell an essential part of the area&#8217;s spiritual and cultural history, beyond the famous lighthouse and sunset.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Santa Mar\u00eda das Areas Church and the religious heritage of Fisterra on the Costa da Morte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":78011,"template":"","concellos-contenido":[332],"categorias-contenido":[248],"class_list":["post-88527","contenido","type-contenido","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","concellos-contenido-fisterra-en","categorias-contenido-arquitectura-religiosa-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido\/88527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contenido"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"concellos-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concellos-contenido?post=88527"},{"taxonomy":"categorias-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-contenido?post=88527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}