The facade of the cathedral that overlooks the Plaza de la Quintana has two doors, Puerta Real, in Baroque style, which began under the leadership of José de Vega y Verdugo José de la Peña de Toro in 1666 and completed by Domingo de Andrade in 1700, he made some great columns that cover two floors of windows, a balustrade with large pinnacles and a little building with an equestrian statue of Santiago (now defunct), very ornate with decorative fruit clusters and large-scale military trophies. Through this door accessed the kings of Spain to the cathedral, hence its name, and its threshold is the royal shield. The so-called Holy Door or Gate of Atonement is the closest to the stairs, is usually closed with a gate and opens only the jubilee years, on December 31 last year. It was one of the seven gates and was less dedicated to St. Pelayo (whose monastery is just opposite). On this door can be seen in niches image of James and his disciples Athanasius and Theodore at his side. In the lower body and both sides of the door were placed twenty-four figures of prophets and apostles (including that of the Santiago) coming from the old choir teacher Matthew Stone. Inside this door by passing a small courtyard is the true Holy Door, which enters the ambulatory of the apse of the temple.