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16/Dec/2019

Feijóo guarantees 10 activities each day across 313 places for Galicians and visitors to celebrate the Jacobean year and enjoy the best of Galicia over the next two years

Feijóo highlights that this initiative, presented today, already has sufficient resources, has been established, is decentralised and is complete He thanks all those involved in...

7/Aug/2017

Feijóo frames the improvement of the services of the Camino Primitivo within the decision to diversify the Jacobean Routes and transform Galicia into a peaceful, welcoming destination.

“We want tourists to come and visit us because we are a welcoming people”, he stated. He reminded us that last year was “the best historical year of the Caminos”, in the months...

1/Jun/2017

Feijóo calls upon the Order of the Camino de Santiago and the Academia Xacobea to be active guardians of Europeanism.

He sustains that it is not a question of attempting to reject the unease, concern and fear, when these are real, but of defending the thesis that democracy and Europe are always...

11/Dec/2018

Feijóo remarks that the more than 3.6 million pilgrims who have arrived in Santiago to date since 1993 did not travel to the past but 'to a future capable of integrating eras, cultures and experiences'

He draws attention to the responsibility to enhance the value of a Camino that crosses various routes and runs through over 100 townships, with a programme of rehabilitation,...

15/Jul/2019

Feijóo calls for Galicians to get involved in organising a "5,000-day Jacobean Year" to reveal the very best of Galicia

Feijóo calls for Galicians to get involved in organising a "5,000-day Jacobean Year" to reveal the very best of Galicia He highlights that, after 11 years without one, there...

19/Jul/2019

Feijóo calls for the involvement of society as a whole so that the Xacobeo 2021 can make Galicia’s GDP grow by 0.9% and create 11,500 full-time jobs from today until 2022

He highlights the upcoming Holy Year as an opportunity to showcase our potential in the religious, cultural and tourism sectors, but also in the economic and social spheres. The...

20/Jul/2017

Feijóo announces the creation of the Xacobeo 2021 Organizing Committee with the goal of making this the best Holy Year in our history

The Xunta is tackling the organization of Xacobeo 2021 with the hope that it will set the tone for the decade in the community and provide a stimulus which will help consolidate...

28/Nov/2016

Feijóo attends the opening of the exhibition on Master Mateo, the first show at the Prado Museum devoted to a Galician artist

This afternoon, Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo attended the opening of the Master Mateo exhibition, the first monographic show at the Prado Museum devoted to a Galician...