"The talkers are listened to with pleasure, and the tongue of the least communicative is loosened." Conversation with Guilherme R, (September 15' 24): I recommend that group pilgrimage should alternate shared walking with times of solitary walking:...
The Jacobea Foundation dedicates part of its space and projects to the work and history of the Jacobean Associations, some of which have formed federations or groups to unite their efforts and work collectively. This is the case of the Andalusian...
In 2023 the largest nationality outside of Spain to receive compostelas was pilgrims from the United States. The surge of Americans is due in part to factors that have led to an overall growth in Camino pilgrimage. Tour and trekking companies have...
Ultreia et sus eia!* This cry or invocation was uttered by two youths who say goodbye to one another at the door of the monastery. You see right away that they come from afar. And the pilgrim accentuates the worry tic that has afflicted him since...
When writing this essay or short reflection on Japanese pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, I consulted the page of the Pilgrim Reception Office. This website provides us with the remarkable data of pilgrims who have completed the Camino since...
Manuel F. Rodríguez is a journalist, researcher and writer well known in the world of the Camino de Santiago, in which he has carried out important work as a technician for the Xacobeo. In recent years he has focused more and more on writing,...
When I finished my first Camino de Santiago on New Year’s Eve in 2010, I was very likely the last pilgrim to receive their Compostela that year. The pilgrims’ office was closed, the Holy Door was also closed, and the celebratory Mass to conclude...
A current look. Past and present of the Declaration of the Camino de Santiago as Unesco World Heritage (1993-2023). Manuel Antonio Castiñeiras González President of the International Committee of Experts of the Camino de Santiago On December...
-Journalist and technician from Xacobeo specialized in the Camino de Santiago, in recent years you had gotten very close to research... and then you surprised us with a novel. How did the project of writing a novel come about? When did that desire...
Through this maritime route, thousands of pilgrims from northern Europe arrived in Galicia, especially the port of La Coruña, between the 11th and 16th centuries, to continue by land to the tomb of the Apostle Santiago. This second edition - now in...
Oihana Trojaola has collaborated with the Foundation since its inception. She actively participated in our audiovisual ‘The Memory of the Pilgrims’ and in our book ‘The year 2020 on the Camino’- as a pilgrim in Spain and active volunteer of...
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- The San Antón hospital is well known on the Camino, to begin with: Could you briefly introduce the Foundation and Association that take care of the San Antón hospital? The Foundation, a non-profit organization, was created with the aim of recovering the ruins of the...
Al andar se hace camino y al volver la vista atrás, se ve la senda, que nunca se ha de volver a pisar, Caminante no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar. Antonio Machado Norman Sinclair was born in Venezuela, where he lived until he was 17 years old, but...
The foundation of our Association dates back to the first democratic town halls in our town. The “San Francisco de Assísi” Family Home was opened in Córdoba on January 7, 1977, in a small centre for 15 patients. Many ladies attended the house to collaborate with the...
Alfonso García López (Madrid, 1942), since his retirement in 2012 as a notary for the city of La Coruña, has dedicated his free time to continue writing. He regularly collaborates with personal articles in the press: in El Correo Gallego, with a fortnightly column...
Fran Lucas Herrero is a pilgrim originally from Zaragoza who, for some time, has shared his experiences on the Camino through a blog and social networks. He has recently taken another step in his work to disseminate the Camino de Santiago by publishing his first book:...