Excerpt from The Story of Santiago Night in Galicia has not the darkness of nights in grey northern lands. Although the moon had not yet risen, the first stars were showing in a violet sky that was almost as clear as day; and at some distance before the end of the journey was reached we gained our first vision of the towers and steeples of Santiago, rising most attractively over the low hills, which conceal the complete view of the city until you are close upon it. Not only is Compostela picturesque in itself, but its situation entirely circled by hills which are just near enough, but not too near, to form a charming background, is exceedingly impressive; and the well-chosen site has been made the most of by the happy skill of the men who have reared here the great mass of buildings on buildings, with the Apostle's mighty cathedral in the centre, forming a charming skyline, and rendered doubly beautiful by the many breaks in its outline, caused by the groups of towers and steeples that stand' up so grandly from the old churches and convents. I have seen no city in Spain which is more impressive in the distance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.