Camino de Santiago 2003

The Way of St. James is the route followed by St. James the Apostle twenty centuries ago when he came to the Iberian peninsula to evangelize its inhabitants.
When the tomb of St. James was found in the IXth century, thousands of pilgrims from all Europe and Spain travelled by foot to the city of Santiago de Compostela to venerate the remains of the Apostle. The apex of pilgrimage took place between the Middle Age and the XVIth century. It then fell in decadence until the end of the XXth century when the route was restored and signaled. In the XXI century, the way is in full apogee with thousands of pilgrims each year.

These are some photographs of my pilgrimage in August 2003:

  

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Castle of Ponferrada (León)

A view of the medieval castle at evening.

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 Castle of Ponferrada (León)

Another view of the castle.

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Bridge of Villafranca del Bierzo (León)

View of the romanesque style bridge before leaving Villafranca del Bierzo.

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 Villafranca del Bierzo from the mountains (León)

A view of the town from the mountains at dawn.

 

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Views of the Bierzo (León)

A view of the fields in the north of the spanish province of León.

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 Celtiberic houses at O Cebreiro (Galicia)

Tipical houses of the Celt inhabitants at the top of the mountain by the pass of Pedrafita.

 

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Triacastela mountains (Galicia)

Landscape of the mountains near Triacastela after the storm.

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 Triacastela landscape (Galicia)

A view of the Triacastela fields during the journey.

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Triacastela sky (Galicia)

Distant storm clouds on the way to Triacastela.

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 Portomarín bridge (Galicia)

The bridge across the Miño river in Lugo (Galicia).

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Romanesque church at Portomarín (Galicia)

An old romanesque church in the town of Portomarín.

 




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 Romanesque bridge at Arzua (Galicia)

Tipical romanesque bridge across one of the many rivers in Galicia.

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Santiago de Compostela at dawn (Galicia)

Two nice seagulls woke me up that morning with their squawks.

 

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Costa da Morte (Galicia)

Coast of Galicia at evening.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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