The church of Santa María Salomé, the mother of Santiago
The church of Santa María Salomé Compostela is the only one under such a title in the whole of Spain. It was built during the period of the Archbishop Diego Gelmírez’s ministry (1100 -1140), whom we have already referred to as a tireless defender and promoter of the...
The Camino grows and becomes more global in 2024: Europe and Latin America consolidating, the USA unstoppable and Asia emerging
We from the Jacobean Foundation will comment, as every year, on the statistics of the Pilgrim Welcome Office for 2024. Since the main interest of the Foundation is the pilgrims, our reading will focus particularly on them, on the trends that the statistics show...
Magical corners of Santiago: Winter time in Compostela!
Monica Tien Taiwan Camino International Culture Exchange
Paul Chen Taiwan Camino International Culture Exchange
The Galician Centre for Contemporary Art (CGAC)
History The CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea) is a museum with its own permanent collection and numerous temporary exhibitions, but also an extraordinary architecture due to the Portuguese Alvaro Siza. It is a meeting place that has a library, a cafeteria and...
Magical places on the Fisterra-Muxía Way: Ponte Maceira
Pilgrims who decide to continue on their way as far as Fisterra-Muxía, will find very early on a place of extraordinary architectural and natural beauty: Ponte Maceira, only 8 kilometers from Santiago. The place takes its name from the bridge, which was one of the...
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