The Xunta de Galicia highlighted the importance of the new Federación Internacional de Asociaciones del Camino Portugués de Santiago (International Federation of Associations for the Portuguese Camino de Santiago), for the creation of which the foundations were laid today, with an agreement signed by different associations at a ceremony held at the Parador de Tui, … Read more
The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, welcomed the 300,000th pilgrim today; a historic figure achieved two months earlier than last year, in December, when this figure was reached for the first time, and predictions to close 2018 with a new record above 320,000. During the compostela awards ceremony, Feijóo stated that this increase … Read more
The walk, from Finchdale Abbey to Durham Cathedral, will retrace the steps of the ‘Way of St James’, which was an important pilgrimage during the Middle Ages, and will take place on Saturday 17 March. The pilgrimage leads to the shrine of St James in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Christians travelling from … Read more
Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago. In a new three-part travelogue series for BBC Two, seven famous faces are stripped of their everyday comforts to live as modern day pilgrims as they set out on the famous medieval pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago. With just over a fortnight to tackle this ancient path, actor Neil Morrissey, … Read more
The Xunta de Galicia was extremely saddened to receive the news of the recent death of Professor Simon Barton. The professor had been a member of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James since 2014, with his intellectual and personal merit enabling him to make a significant contribution during this period. … Read more
The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, participated in the act of the delivery of the “compostela” 300,000 to a young American. The President of the Government, who was accompanied by the Director of Tourism of Galicia, Nava Castro, and by the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Julián Barrio, stressed that this was the … Read more