This is my travelogue about my Trip on the Road to Santiago!
You can find the other posts about my trip here:
The Camino de Santiago? An exceptional route - #part1
The Camino de Santiago - Some history #part2
My personal journey on the Cammino de Santiago #part3
The Camino de Santiago is the path of the paths. It includes all those trails that throughout the Middle Ages pilgrims from all over Europe traveled to go to the place of worship where the remains of the apostle San Giacomo lie. The journey was and is not only a religious phenomenon, but above all a social, cultural and knowledge of oneself and others phenomenon, as well as an artistic one. In fact, the birth and development of the path has been accompanied by the rise of monasteries, churches, chapels, albergues and hospitals in the countries crossed by pilgrims. Local and foreign artists contributed to the cultural and artistic enrichment of the countries and cities, demonstrating the cultural importance of this phenomenon.
After a few centuries of abandonment of the pilgrimage rite by the European Catholics because of the dangerous journey due to brigands, wars and diseases, in the second half of the twentieth century, from the seventies, the journey is reborn.
The French Way - declared a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1993 - is the route with the greatest historical tradition, the most well-known internationally and the most transited. The name comes from the fact that the four main sections of France come from: the Podense from Le Puy, the Lemovicense from Limoges, the Touronense from Tours and Tolosana from Toulouse. The first three go to the Iberian Peninsula from Orreaga / Roncisvalle, while the fourth arrives from Somport (Aragon).
The French Path runs approximately 720/790 kilometers (depending on the variants) on the Peninsula that presuppose from 25 to 31 stops on foot. Crosses the provinces of Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja, Burgos, Palencia, León, Lugo and La Coruña.
You can find the first post of the #CaminoDeSantiago series is here!
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