Jorge Martínez-Cava – Asociación de los Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago de Madrid
Antón Pombo – The origins of Camino Associationism
The Cathedral of Santiago: Obradoiro Façade
The west façade of the Cathedral of Santiago takes its name from the square which it gives onto: Obradoiro in Galician, workshop in English, an allusion to the workshops and the stonemasons that it housed for centuries while work was being carried out on the...Paco Castro – Spain
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THE FRENCH WAY: PUENTE LA REINA
Puente la Reina is for pilgrims the meeting point of different roads, the Aragonese and Navarrese branches of the French Way in Spain and, as indicated by the Codex Calixtino , of the four great pilgrimage routes that cross France: “one goes by Saint-Gilles,...
Shari. United States of America
As is the case with many Americans, Shari learned about the Camino watching the movie, “The Way”. When she saw it, she wondered if this was a real place and decided to do some research to see if the Camino de Santiago was real or just Hollywood. As soon as she...
The “pallozas” of O Cebreiro
The Marian and Jacobean sanctuary of Sta. María do Cebreiro is one of the most important landmarks on the Camino de Santiago. There are few pilgrims who don’t treasure memories of their time in O Cebreiro: the serenity and intimacy of the interior of their...
JOANNE. CANADA
Some 8 or 9 years ago she was listening to the radio when she heard a piece of music that she liked a lot. She wondered what it could be, and when it finished she knew that it was a violinist who had recorded an album on the Camino. Oliver Schroer was a Canadian...