The church of Santa María do Cebreiro is located in the small village that gives its name to the area and the top of O Cebreiro, a high mountain area, in the Galician-Leon massif, which reaches an altitude of 1,300 meter. The French Way crosses the village, passing in...
The pilgrim who approaches Astorga from the plain can see it high up on the hill that precedes San Justo de la Vega. Astorga is one of the most important centres on the Camino de Santiago, well- known for its history and cultural richness wealth. Thanks to its...
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...
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...
Pambre Castle is located in Palas de Rey, very close to the Camino Frances. It is one of the best preserved fortresses in Spain and undoubtedly the best example of medieval military architecture in Galicia. The fortress was built in the 14th century by the Ulloa...
In the thirteenth century the cathedral was a symbol of a city, but in the case of Leon it was also the symbol of a Kingdom. We should bear this in mind when we gaze upon the magnificent and ambitious dream that led to the construction of a framework that holds the...
The small church of San Nicolás de Puente Fitero, called the “hermitage” by the local people, is one of the most well-known and beloved places for Jacobean pilgrims. It is an old foundation of the Order of Malta located in the municipality of Itero del Castillo, in...
Almost nothing is known about the monastery of Samos during the first centuries of its existence. The oldest of its architectural remains is the small chapel of San Salvador, dating from the 10th century and it still stands next to the tree that gave it its nickname:...
The monastery of Samos has for centuries played a major role in a section of the Camino de Santiago that runs between Triacastela and Sarria, following the fertile plain that runs parallel to the route cited in the Codex Calixtino and most of the pilgrimage...
The wonderful ruins of San Antón and its magical hostel constitute one of the most valued places on the Camino de Santiago, a small miracle like the not-so-distant San Nicolás de Puente Fitero hostel. That miracle - like many on the Camino - has a name: Ovidio Campo....
Torres del Río is a small village of fewer than 200 inhabitants, one of those tiny settlements that are full of history and closely linked to the pilgrimage to Compostela. In this case it also is internationally known for its majestic church of the Holy Sepulchre. The...