Santiago is a city of parks: the historic Alameda Park, conceived as a recreational space for compostelanos in the 19th century; numerous orchards formerly belonging the city's old monasteries, have been turned into parks in recent decades; and now, most recently, the...
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...
Last Friday the 17th we presented our new book The Memory of the Pilgrims. The year 2020 on the Camino and the audiovisual project Memory of Jacobean associationism !! Now much work awaits us, but we face it with enthusiasm and joy knowing that we have all of you with...
Next Friday the 17th at 1pm, we will introduce in Monte do Gozo “The memory of the pilgrims II”, a project that includes the book “The year 2020 on the Camino” and the audiovisual project in progress “Memory of Jacobean associationism”. We will keep you informed and,...
All pilgrims and visitors to Monte do Gozo are invited to the free screenings of the films The Way; Santiago… la Mecca; Walking the Camino; Six ways to Santiago and our documentary The memory of the pilgrims. The memory of the pilgrims. Here you have the program with...
The Jacobean Foundation wants to support the candidacy of Mr. Francisco Javier Pitillas Torra, founder of DisCamino [http://discamino.org/es/sample-page/], for the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord. In 2009 Mr. Francisco Javier Pitillas Torra, a renowned...
The Compostela Holy Year has begun! While waiting to be able to return to the Camino, we share with you the links to access the Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Santiago and the message of Pope Francis on the occasion of the beginning of this jubilee year and the...
Since January 1st, the cathedral is open and it can be visited every day, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The visit is free and the Holy Door is open. Mass is celebrated again at 12: oo and at 7:30 p.m., although for the moment, given the low number of pilgrims, the...
EXPLANATIONS FOR ACCESSING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR ON DECEMBER 31ST FROM 4:30 PM. THE INDICATIONS OF THE TELEVISION OF GALICIA ARE: 1- In order to embed the signal of our live broadcast on your websites, you have to use the iframe of the TVG...
Yesterday we celebrated the presentation of our first book and audiovisual with experiences of pilgrims: "The memory of the pilgrims." It was an official, formal act, but several pilgrims were present at the table and all of you were the true protagonists. All present...
Tomorrow at 7 pm, we will present our audiovisual and our first book at the Pilgrimage Museum, the two are collections of testimonies made by pilgrims, both spring from our interest in valuing, preserving and spreading the memory of the pilgrims!