Capela de Ánimas

The Capela de Ánimas is a chapel in Santiago de Compostela, Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Its construction started in April 1784 under architect Miguel Ferro Caaveiro and it was completed in 1788.

Description

It has a single nave covered with a barrel vault, and three side chapels on each side, joined together, and the presbytery with the rectangular main chapel, narrower than the nave. The frontispiece is framed by two pairs of big columns with plain shafts and Ionic style capitals, standing on high pedestals. They support a flat entablature topped with a straight pediment. The pediment is topped with two angels adoring the Cross. Inside, the side chapels are decorated with painted bas-reliefs showing scenes from the Passion of Christ : from the Flagellation of Christ, the crucifixion to the resurrection of Jesus.
In the façade, over the door, there is a relief depicting 9 people burning.