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In 2020 Galicia will host a meeting of the Committee of the Regions on the Way of St James as a different model of tourism in Europe

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Galicia’s proposal was chosen ahead of the German candidacy of Wismar by a wide margin of votes in the final decision of the members of the CoR in the Committee’s Commission of Natural Resources’ (NAT) fourth meeting this year The NAT’s future event, to be held in 2020 in Santiago de Compostela, will consist of … Read more

Galicia strengthens the twinning with the French city of Lorient by placing a Saint James milestone

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The regional minister of Culture and Tourism, Román Rodríguez, presided over the installation of a Way of Saint James milestone in Esplanade du Moustoir, Lorient, France. The minister, accompanied by the mayor of Lorient, Norbert Metairie, installed this symbolic milestone, 1,979 kilometres from the Cathedral of Santiago, the end point of the pilgrimage to Santiago … Read more

The Xunta de Galicia presents the Strategic Plan for the Xacobeo 2021

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The President of the Galician Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, called today for the involvement of society as a whole to ensure that Xacobeo 2021 increases Galicia’s Gross Domestic Product by 0.9% and creates 11,500 full-time jobs in the next four years, from today until 2022, the last exercise that will be directly influenced by the … Read more

The Codex Calixtinus and the Cancionero da Vaticana will be exhibited for the first time together in Galicia thanks to an agreement between the Xunta and the Vatican

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The conselleiro for Culture and Tourism, Román Rodríguez, signed an agreement today in Rome with the Vatican Apostolic Library which would allow, for the very first time together in Galicia, the exhibition of two pieces of high symbolic value for Galician culture: the Liber Sancti Iacobi, one of the three illuminated Calixtine codices which, in … Read more

Portal of Gloria restoration project has been awarded the 2019 European Heritage-Europa Nostra Award

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The Conservation and Restoration Project of the Portal of Gloria (Pórtico de la Gloria) and its surroundings has been awarded the 2019 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Award in the Conservation Category. The winners of the 2019 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards, the most prestigious European awards for heritage work founded by the “Creative Europe” Programme, have been … Read more

The Xacobeo calls for grants for associations of friends of the Way of Saint James

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The Sociedade Anónima de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo, foresees, in its social object the relations with the associations of friends of the Way of Saint James. Collaboration with these entities is considered to be key at different levels, as they are historically the most relevant factor of revitalisation from the civil society of the Way … Read more

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