Botafumeiro, Incense burner in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible found in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.
In the 11th century, it was used to clean the air when crowds of pilgrims having travelled a long way through Europe arrived sweaty and sick.
It is one of the largest censers in the world, weighing 80 kg and measuring 1.60 m in height.
It is suspended from a pulley mechanism in the dome on the roof of the church.
The current Botafumeiro is made of an alloy of brass and bronze and is plated by a very thin 20 micrometre layer of silver.
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The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible found in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.
The Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrims' ways leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain.
The Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
