Old Town

The Old Town tells A Coruña’s story on a smaller scale than the seafront. Here a doorway, a street corner or a modest square can carry the narrative. Santiago church and the Collegiate Church of Santa María do Campo preserve Romanesque forms; convents, noble houses and streets recalling old trades surround them. Azcárraga Square and the Bárbaras area show how a historic neighbourhood can remain a place of everyday community life. Literary memories also intersect here: Emilia Pardo Bazán’s former family home houses the Real Academia Galega. Rather than looking for one dominant façade, compare religious stonework, domestic buildings and public spaces. Together they explain a district formed over centuries that remains inhabited, beyond its role as a collection of monuments.