Colegiata y Claustro de Santa Juliana | |
Native Name: | Colegiata y Claustro de Santa Juliana |
Native Language: | es |
Coordinates: | 43.3922°N -4.106°W |
Location: | Santillana del Mar, Spain |
Designation1: | WHS |
Designation1 Date: | 1993 |
Designation1 Type: | Cultural |
Designation1 Criteria: | ii, iv, vi |
Designation1 Number: | 669bis-012 |
Designation1 Free1name: | Region |
Designation1 Free1value: | Europe and North America |
Designation2: | Spain |
Designation2 Offname: | Colegiata y Claustro de Santa Juliana |
Designation2 Type: | Non-movable |
Designation2 Criteria: | Monument |
Designation2 Date: | 12 March 1889 |
Designation2 Number: | RI-51-0000057 |
The Collegiate church and cloister of Santa Juliana (Spanish: Colegiata y Claustro de Santa Juliana) is a collegiate church located in Santillana del Mar, Spain. The church is dedicated to Juliana of Nicomedia.
It is notable as an example of Romanesque architecture
It has been part of a World Heritage Site since 2015, when the Camino de Santiago (a serial site first designated in 1993) was expanded to take in more variants of the pilgrimage route.[1] The sites included in the UNESCO designation are largely monuments, churches, or hospitals that provided services to pilgrims headed to Santiago de Compostela.
It is also protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural; it was first given a heritage listing in 1889.