James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is known in English as the Way of St. James and in Spanish as the Camino de Santiago. Over 200,000 pilgrims travel to the city each year from points all over Europe and other parts of the world. The pilgrimage has been the subject of many books, television programmes, and films, notably Brian Sewell's The Naked Pilgrim produced for the British television channel Channel 5 and the Martin Sheen/Emilio Estevez collaboration The Way. Pre-Christian legends As the lowest-lying land on that stretch of coast, the city's site took on added significance. Legends supposed of Celtic origin made it the place where the souls of the dead gathered to follow the sun across the sea. Those unworthy of going to the Land of the Dead haunted Galicia as the Santa Compaña or Estadea. In popular culture Santiago de Compostela is featured prominently in the 1988 historical fiction novel Sharpe's Rifles, by Bernard Cornwell, which takes place during the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars. The music video for Una Cerveza, by Ráfaga, is set in the historic part of Santiago de Compostela. A pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela provides the narrative framework of the Luis Buñuel film La Voie lactée (The Milky Way). A mystic pilgrimage was portrayed in the autobiography and romance The Pilgrimage ("O Diário de um Mago") of Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, published in 1987. Main sights Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela University of Santiago de Compostela Pazo de Raxoi – city hall and office of the President of the Xunta of Galicia 12th century Colexiata de Santa María do Sar 16th century Baroque Abbey of San Martín Pinario 17th century Convent and Church of San Francisco Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (Galician Center for Contemporary Art), designed by Alvaro Siza Vieira City of Culture of Galicia, designed by Peter Eisenman Muralla de Santiago de Compostela Parque da Alameda (Alameda Park) Parque de Carlomagno (Carlomagno Park) Parque de San Domingos de Bonaval, redesigned by Eduardo Chillida and Alvaro Siza Vieira Transport Santiago de Compostela is served by Santiago de Compostela Airport and a Renfe rail service. Airport Santiago de Compostela Airport is the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from the city center and handled 2,903,427 passengers in 2019. Railway Santiago de