Constantine – Greece
Santiago: The “Casa del Cabildo”
There are few pilgrims who not know the Casa del Cabildo, it’s almost impossible to visit the cathedral without seeing its magnificent façade: right in the Platerías square, opposite the steps and façade of the cathedral, next to the famous fountain of the horses...
Aaron. United States
Aaron arrived in Santiago with his friend Michael, the two having just walked together from Astorga. They met in a congress concerning Spanish national exams, a congress in which between two and three thousand teachers meet. They became friends immediately. The two...
To go on pilgrimage alone
The Camino is one of the best experiences to confront solitude and spend time with oneself. For many people a pilgrimage has afforded them the opportunity to put to the test and overcome their fear of loneliness, and all who have undertaken this adventure claim to...Matthew – Australia
ROME, SANTIAGO, JERUSALEM: THE MAJOR PILGRIMAGES
The year 2025 is a year of the Roman Jubilee. Far from forgetting or ignoring it, we at the Jacobean Foundation want to begin a series of posts on pilgrimages to Rome and their relationship with Santiago de Compostela. We begin this series with an introduction to the...
The French Way: Rabanal del Camino
Rabanal is one of those “miracles of the Camino” of which all pilgrims speak, one of the greatest miracles of the Camino: a town that today maintains its traditional architecture in good condition and an enormous economic and social vitality, after decades of...
The Compostela
The “Compostela” is the document issued by the Pilgrim’s Office of the Cathedral of Santiago that accredits having made a pilgrimage. From the origin of the pilgrimages to Santiago, in the ninth century or even earlier, different social and religious...