<P> Construction of the present cathedral began in 1075 under the reign of Alfonso VI of Castile ( 1040 -- 1109 ) and the patronage of bishop Diego Peláez . It was built according to the same plan as the monastic brick church of Saint Sernin in Toulouse , probably the greatest Romanesque edifice in France . It was built mostly in granite . Construction was halted several times and , according to the Liber Sancti Iacobi , the last stone was laid in 1122 . But by then , the construction of the cathedral was certainly not finished . The cathedral was consecrated in 1211 in the presence of king Alfonso IX of Leon . </P>
<P> Construction of the present cathedral began in 1075 under the reign of Alfonso VI of Castile ( 1040 -- 1109 ) and the patronage of bishop Diego Peláez . It was built according to the same plan as the monastic brick church of Saint Sernin in Toulouse , probably the greatest Romanesque edifice in France . It was built mostly in granite . Construction was halted several times and , according to the Liber Sancti Iacobi , the last stone was laid in 1122 . But by then , the construction of the cathedral was certainly not finished . The cathedral was consecrated in 1211 in the presence of king Alfonso IX of Leon . </P>
when was the cathedral of santiago de compostela built
when was the cathedral of santiago de compostela built
1075
1075