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Delivered the Camino de Santiago Awards 2016, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia

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The Camino de Santiago Awards constitute the institutional and social acknowledgement of the public and private initiatives aimed at conserving, improving and embellishing the environments of the routes of the Camino de Santiago, this which foster new services or innovation and improvement of the services provided to the pilgrims, as well as the specific dissemination … Read more

President of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James, Paolo Caucci von Saucken, receives the Aymeric Picaud International Award for the Way of St. James

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The Way of St. James Journalist Associations League, made up of close to 2,000 information professionals, has given the 4th Aymeric Picaud International Award for the Way of St. James to Italian professor Paolo G. Caucci Von Saucken. The jury stated that Paolo Caucci represents ‘a lifetime devoted to promoting the values of the Way … Read more

Presentation of the Academia Xacobea , which will stimulate study and promotion of the Way of St. James, in Santiago de Compostela

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With the backing of the Order of the Way of St. James, the Academia Xacobea was presented in Santiago de Compostela. The organization will be headed by Xesús Palmou, former Galician minister of public accounts and former Galician minister of justice and the interior, and doctor of laws. The Academia Xacobea has been created to … Read more

Association of Camino de Santiago Journalists and Academics presents its ‘2016 International APECSA Award’ to Peregrino magazine

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The Peregrino magazine, published by the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago Associations and run by José Antonio Ortiz, was awarded the 4th ‘2016 International APECSA Award for Popularisation of the Camino de Santiago’, dedicated this year to David Mackenzie. The award panel, led by Luís Celeiro, was greatly impressed by all … Read more

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