High on a hill and dominating the town of Sarria there is the monastery of the Magdalena. For centuries the monks who lived there followed the rule of St. Augustine, although until 1568 the monastery became independent, constituting the first settlement of the Order...
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 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...
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 middle of the mountains is not in this case a metaphorical description, the monastery of San Juan de la Peña is literally and spectacularly in the middle of the Aragonese Pyrenees, in the foothills of its Monte Oroel. Rarely have architecture and nature fused...
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...
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....
Roncesvalles owes its extraordinary reputation thanks to medieval minstrels and pilgrims, medieval poetry and pilgrimages. Its fame is mainly due to one of the most legendary medieval exploits in the history of the West, the Battle of Roncesvalles: where the armies of...
Santa María de Vilar de Donas is perhaps one of the most unknown and beautiful spaces of the Camino. Located in the vicinity of Palas do Rei, it is well worth turning off from the Camino and walking the few hundred metres that it takes, to visit the treasure it...
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 church,...