Lopez Ferreiro tells us in his great work on Santiago Cathedral that the English had both a hospital and a church for the use of their pilgrims near Cebrero in the province of Lugo. Pope Alexander III. mentions it in his Bull conferring upon them all the privileges of Santiago. English pilgrims used to come by sea for a long time, but when they became masters of Aquitaine most of them came by land. Henry II. sent ambassadors to Ferdinand II. with a message that for some time he had been intending to visit the Cathedral of Santiago, and asking him to provide a safe escort for his ambassadors. Pilgrims from England were kindly received at the Gallegan monasteries, which they passed on their way from the coast, especially at Sobrado,[95] of which the picturesque ruins are still standing. CHAPTER VII THE ARCHITECTURE OF GALICIA The beginnings of archæology--Caumont--The power of the Church in the Middle Ages--Montalembert--A despot who never dies--The age of cathedral-building--The architecture of Galicia--_Mudejar_ architecture--Byzantine art--The horseshoe arch--Tombstones with Roman inscriptions--The ruins of Segobriga--The Mosque of Cordova--The Puente de Pinos--San Juan de Baños--Santa Comba de Bande--The circular arch--French students of Spanish architecture--Moorish architects--St. Isidore and the Visigoth kings--Two streams of influence--Moorish relief work--Transformers, not originators--The immense power of the monasteries--Traces of the Moors in Galicia--The rise of Gothic architecture--Viollet-le-Duc--The origin of cathedrals--Gothic art in Galicia--The Byzantine cupola--Michael Angelo--A transition--Origin of the term “plateresque”--Origin of the term “churrigueresque”--The façade of Santiago Cathedral