EIGHTY people were killed in a train crash outside Santiago de Compostela in Spain on Wednesday night. The driver of the train was reportedly exceeding the speed limit by some 40 miles an hour when it crashed into a wall. Many of the passengers were tourists or Catholic pilgrims to the famous city, which is the destination point for the Way of St. James pilgrimage. “Santiago” is Gallician for  Sanctu Iacobu, or St. James, to whom the city’s cathedral, below, which was built in the 12th century, is dedicated.

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