The searcher of the Way
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The Xunta announces the recipients of the Camino de Santiago Awards, which recognize institutions and groups for their work linked to the pilgrimage route
... The winners in the four categories for the 2017 edition are the Melide Town Council, the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago Associations, the Lugo Friends of the Camino de Santiago Association, the Tui company Ideas Peregrinas, the ‘Sp ...
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Galicia will invest 15.6M€ so that all the Camino de Santiago’s routes will be in optimum condition for the Xacobeo 21
... Feijóo specifies that supervision works will be carried out, both programmed and occasional, such as the cleaning and clearing of the Camino as well as other tasks of a preventive nature The President explained that 8 service contracts will be tendered ove ...
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The Xunta recognises the Council of Europe as an Ambassador of the Camino de Santiago due to its work publicising, promoting and raising awareness of the Jacobean Route
... The institution promoted knowledge of and publicisation of the Way of Saint James, making it the first Cultural Route of the Council of Europe in 1987 and promoting the Jacobean values as common European heritage More and more pilgrims travel the Way’s var ...
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Turismo de Galicia shares its experience of managing the Camino de Santiago with experts from the route in France
... Nava Castro met with a delegation from the ACIR Compostelle-Agence de Coopération Interrégionale association that promotes the sustainable development of the Jacobean routes, heritage and cultural tourism in France The specialists visited Santiago de Compo ...
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Nava Castro highlights the importance of the Camino de Santiago Awards recognising the initiatives which improve the route
... The Director of Tourism of Galicia, Nava Castro, stated that the Camino de Santiago Awards are of the utmost importance for the recognition of the public and private initiatives aimed at conserving and improving the Camino de Santiago routes. The Director ...
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Camino Kumano
... Located amidst the most sacred mountains of the Kumano Kodo, within the renowned Kumano Sanzan, stand three principal shrines: Kumano Hongu, Kumano Hayatama, and Kumano Nachi, a monumental and sacred complex situated on the Kii Peninsula. In 940, the shri ...
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Love and faith on the Camino
... On the way out of Alto de Poio we meet two pilgrims from Alicante. This is their 2nd pilgrimage along the Camino Frances. They talk about the brotherhood they feel with other pilgrims and the rich intercultural exchange that happens along the way to Santia ...
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Five monuments on the Camino in Galicia
... The village of O Cebreiro, the Monastery in Samos, the church in Vilar de Donas in Palas de Rei, the church of Santa María de Leboreiro in Melide and the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. These are the monuments that Galicia brings to the program “Hitos ...
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The Camino in 24 hours
... The camino de Santiago always brings along challenges, personal and in a group. A group of 30 bicyclists from the Basque country has set their goals on Santiago de Compostela. A decade ago, the members of the Club Erandioko Txirrindulari Elkartea did the C ...
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Presentado o proxecto solidario "El Camino acaba en el Obradoiro"
... Esta iniciativa, promovida por Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro coa colaboración de Turismo de Galicia, ten o obxectivo de promover o Camiño de Santiago a nivel internacional, converterá ao recoñecido ex-xogador da NBA Terry Porter nun peregrino que percorrerá ...
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