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City of Culture of Galicia
A vast, unfinished complex by Peter Eisenman, its buildings shaped like waves of stone across a hilltop.
- Open
- Every day; each building keeps its own hours
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Monte Gaiás, 15707 Santiago de CompostelaDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes by bus from the center.
Why Go
Begun in 2001 on Mount Gaiás, the project was halted in 2013 with two of its buildings never built. The library, archive and museum that did open host exhibitions, and the hilltop park has views back over the city.
Nearby in Santiago de Compostela
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