​I mean It is these experiences, experiences, sorrows and joys that we want to capture in this project “100 Ways in 100 Stories: short stories to Santiago”.

I mean Words create realities, they remind us of moments, they bring us to the present emotions and sensations of yesterday.

​I mean 100 Caminos en 100 Relatos wants to be a showcase for their experiences and a company for pilgrims who want to do the Camino or are already on it.

Summons: Círculo Chileno de Amigos do Camiño de Santiago de Compostela

Bases and submissions of stories: until May 31

Máis información: https://www.caminosantiago.cl

REGULATION AND BASES

For the first time ever, outstanding pieces of high symbolic value for the history and culture of our country will be arriving in Galicia for the exhibition. They are currently in prestigious museum collections around the world, such as the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the Vatican Apostolic Library, the Library of Arezzo in Italy, and the National Museum of Archaeology in Portugal.

These first-time opportunities include the Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of Invasions), part of the Book of Leinster, which tells the story of the invasions of Ireland by different peoples, and includes the first known mention of the legendary character Breogán. It will be the first time that this essential work of mediaeval Irish literature has left its country. Also making its first trip to Galicia will be the Sawley Map, considered one of the first European encyclopaedic maps of the world, dating from the period of the Portico of Glory (12th century). It represents the Cathedral of Santiago as the most important building in Europe, among many others of enormous relevance.

Dates: from November 15, 2019 to April 12, 2020

Venue: Museo Centro Gaiás. Cidade da Cultura. Santiago de Compostela

Organizer: Xunta de Galicia and Fundación Cidade da Cultura | Programación del Xacobeo 2021

Colaborator: Consello da Cultura Galega | Secretaría Xeral da Emigración

Sponsor: Estrella Galicia | Gadisa.

In their images each one of these artists brings together a world which passes and also remains, living ways, filled with evocations and proposals. Pilgrimage routes to Santiago within the reach of all who become pilgrims and who wish to feel in their flesh a thousand year experience which binds them to a unique, sacred geography, to a universal, open itinerary, cradle of western culture and the refined expression of a civilisation advancing.

Once again, the images proposed by Via Iacobitana display the multiform essence of the Camino de Santiago, the generous and open meaning of the Jacobean pilgrimage, its inexhaustible and magnetic power of seduction. The artistic sensitivity and professionalism of the photographers who participate in the exhibition, captivated by the power and the values of a unique experience, forge a new iconographic legacy which transcends the ephemeral instant in which each photograph is made, in order to form part of a durable group, or Jacobean legacy, a treasure in a permanent state of recreation and renovation.

Venue: Exhibition Hall of El Episcopio. Ávila

Dates: From October 18 to 30, 2019

Organised by: Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Ávila

Collaboration of: Consellería de Cultura e Turismo. Xunta de Galicia

The symposium, which will be coordinated by two scholars of the stature of Robert A. Maxwell and Manuel Castiñeiras, will address the different ways in which the Camino was permeable to the creation of thoughts and ideas, dreams and stories, romances and epic songs. We are talking about a meeting which will invite specialists from all fields such as art history, literature, folklore and history, in order to give a broad vision on the construction of the image and imagination of these routes.

The Via Francigena, along with other historic routes of Europe, has always united different countries and people, both by creating ways of communication between very large territories, and by encouraging cultural exchange. Today, as in the past, the Francigena and historical Routes represent an extremely effective tool for the diminishment of material boundaries, where a modern and open Europe favours the United States of Europe.

With this in mind, the important appointment in Monteriggioni returns. The forum will also be an opportunity to meet the representatives of European Walks and of the territories crossed, crucial foundations for the construction and running of every great cultural route. The event is the perfect opportunity to present an update on the “Francigena UNESCO Heritage” candidacy project and the small great municipalities routes and a comparison of experiences on the regional front.

During the forum, the second edition of the “Sigeric” Prize will also be presented. The mayor of Monteriggioni will reward those who have distinguished themselves in the enhancement and promotion of the Via Francigena.

More information

The exhibition was first enjoyed last December at the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art (CGAC) in Santiago de Compostela, coinciding with this anniversary’s commemorative event.

Place: Exhibition Hall of the Antigo Cárcere Comarcal

Adresse: rúa da Madalena, 8. Sarria (Lugo)

Date: from February 1 to February 14, 2019

Organised by: Consellería de Cultura e Turismo, Xunta of Galicia

Colaboration with: Town Hall of Sarria

Manuel F. Rodríguez graduated in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and has a PhD in Information Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has worked at El Progreso, La Voz de Galicia, Diario 16, Antena 3 Radio and Cope. Since 1992, he has been a member of Sociedade de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo. Between 2002 and 2013, F. Rodríguez was an associate lecturer in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Since 2008, he has been a member of the advisory committee at the Archivo Sonoro de Galicia, Consello da Cultura Galega (Sound Archive of Galicia at the Galician Culture Council). He has worked as an essayist, lecturer and article writer for specialised publications, press, congresses, summer courses and meetings in Spain and other countries throughout Europe and America. He is the author of many publications, most relating to the Camino de Santiago, including the following: Los Caminos de Santiago en Galicia (The Caminos de Santiago in Galicia) (in collaboration with Francisco Singul) and Los años santos compostelanos del siglo XX. Crónica de un renacimiento (The Holy Years of Compostela in the 20th Century. Chronicle of a Renaissance).

The Promoters

The Liga de Asociaciones del Camino de Santiago was founded on 24 March 2012 by representatives of eight Press Associations (Aragón, Navarra, La Rioja, Burgos, Palencia, León, Lugo and Santiago de Compostela), who gathered at the Santo Domingo de la Calzada national parador. Its objective is encapsulated in its motto ” For more knowledge, more journalism “. The first edition of the award (2014) was won by the Italian writer and journalist Carmen Pugliese; the second by the journalist and promoter of the Camino de Santiago Carlos Mencos; the third, Antón Pombo, doctor of Contemporary History; the fourth, the Italian researcher and journalist Paolo Caucci and the fifth, the Korean writer Kim Nam Hee.

The prize awarded by the Liga is named after the French clergyman Aymeric Picaud, who went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the 12th century and wrote the Liber Peregrinationis, considered to be the first guide on the Camino de Santiago, which he completed around 1140. It is included in book V of the Codex Calixtinus.