Igreja de Santiago, Coimbra, Portugal
Documents say that this church was consecrated in the year 1206, but there is a tradition that places its foundation in the time of Fernando I, king of León, who, on recapturing Coimbra from the Moors in 1064, founded a church dedicated to St. James the Apostle on this very site. The date of its rebuilding was probably some time between 1139 and 1183, during the campaign of the Christian Reconquest. Its imposing, robust appearance makes the church a fine example of the Romanesque style of that time.
The cut includes a graffito with a spelling problem.
