A route runs through EUROPE with destination Compostela
The discovery of the tomb of the Apostle Saint James in Galicia around the year 820 was one of the most important events of the Middle Ages in all the continent
A Way of the SPIRIT which venerates the first martyr of Christianity
Santiago the Elder was decapitated in Jerusalem about the year 44 and his disciples wanted to bring him to Hispania, where several documents dating from the VI century situated his pilgrimage
There are kilometres of effort and illusion. The pilgrim knows that “the goal is the Way” and he enjoys each experience until the culmination of the route
SANTIAGO: The city which is “more eternal than ancient”
Santiago de Compostela, capital of Galicia, with a historical quarter which is a World Heritage Site and is one of the cities with more green areas in Spain
The creation of the Holy Year in Santiago goes back to the XV century. It is believed that the first one in history could have been the Jubilee Year of 1428, or perhaps 1434, both convened by Archbishop Lope de Mendoza. The next Holy Year will be in 2021.
The Public network of Pilgrims’ hostels in The Way of Saint James takes the network of medieval hospitals as a model and today there are 70 centres and more than 3,000 public places.
Friends of the Way of St. James associations are independent not-for-profit organizations separate from Turismo de Galicia.The first Society of Friends of Santiago was founded in Paris in 1950.
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