The pilgrimages were at their culmination during the middle ages, especially in the eleventh and the twelfth century. The cathedral of Compostela became one of the three most important churches in the Christian world alongside the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and the Tomb of St. Peter in Rome. Jerusalem is considered the oldest of these holy places, which is why at the beginning of the middle ages when the Christian religion has spread, Christians began to go on pilgrimages in the form of crusades; one after the other. This occurred after Muslims had invaded Jerusalem in the eighth century AD and destroyed the Holy Shrine.As for St. Peter's cathedral, which contains the remains of Saints Peter and Paul, and the tombs of the early martyrs, th...