Category: The Ways of Santiago
The French Way: Astorga
The pilgrim who approaches Astorga from the plain can see it high up on the hill that precedes...
Group pilgrimage: notes – Mario Clavell
“The talkers are listened to with pleasure, and the tongue of the least communicative is...
The Order of St. John of Malta and the Way of St. James
Throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, military orders played a special role in the...
The Camino grows and becomes more global in 2024: Europe and Latin America consolidating, the USA unstoppable and Asia emerging
We from the Jacobean Foundation will comment, as every year, on the statistics of the Pilgrim...
Magical places on the Fisterra-Muxía Way: Ponte Maceira
Pilgrims who decide to continue on their way as far as Fisterra-Muxía, will find very early on a...
The Castle of Pambre: A jewel of the French Way
Pambre Castle is located in Palas de Rey, very close to the Camino Frances. It is one of the best...
The French Way: San Juan de la Peña
In the middle of the mountains is not in this case a metaphorical description, the monastery of...
The León Cathedral and its stained-glass windows
In the thirteenth century the cathedral was a symbol of a city, but in the case of Leon it was...
San Nicolás de Puente Fitero
The small church of San Nicolás de Puente Fitero, called the “hermitage” by the local people, is...
The French Way: Art and architecture of the Samos monastery
Almost nothing is known about the monastery of Samos during the first centuries of its existence....
Saint Helena: Empress, traveller and pilgrim to the Holy Land
History has too often been written by and about men. For centuries, authors of all kinds and...
