Apostle Santiago

A new milestone for the Way of Saint James is installed in the Italian city of Pistoia

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The Xunta de Galicia signposted the Way of Saint James in the Piazza del Duomo in Pistoia (Italy) with the installation of a milestone 2505 kilometers from the Galician capital. The milestone joins the two cities and strengthens the town of Pistoia’s historic ties to the Way of Saint James. Xacobeo 21 commissioner, Cecilia Pereira … Read more

UNESCO registers the “Liber Sancti Iacobi” in the Memory of the World Register

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The Xunta of Galicia wishes to express its satisfaction and celebrates UNESCO’s inclusion of the Codex Calixtinus in the Memory of the World Register, thus recognising its great value and significance. Following the recommendation of the International Consulting Committee, the medieval manuscript, which is kept in the archives of the Santiago Cathedral, is now part … Read more

10th International Congress on Jacobean Studies “Jacobus patronus”

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Venue: Auditorio do Hostal dos Reis Católicos. Santiago de Compostela Date: 9–11 November 2017 Organized by: International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James and Turismo de Galicia Director: Paolo Caucci von Saucken, chairman of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James Aim The aim of the 10th International … Read more

The exhibition ‘Mestre Mateo’ arrives in Santiago after its passage through the Prado Museum

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Curated by Ramón Yzquierdo Peiró, the show – which will be open to visitors until February 23 of next year – brings together for the first time in one place several pieces of the artist’s legacy that once formed part of groups and areas of Santiago Cathedral that no longer exist. These include the medieval … Read more

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