Venue: Palais de L’Europe (Room 6). Strasbourg (France) Date: 27 november 2018 Organize: Council of Europe In cooperation with: Secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe PROGRAM
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
After the last meeting of the World Trail Network (WTN) and the international conference of itineraries of the world held in the city of Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan between October 14-17, 2016, it was decided that the next international conference of the network is celebrated in Santiago de Compostela, in September of 2018. This international appointment … Read more
The First International University Forum: The Value of Human Rights on the Camino de Santiago: Harnessing the power of tourism to promote cross-cultural dialogue and achieve the SDGs will be a space for reflection on human rights, sustainable development objectives and sustainable tourism. This forum is organised by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Compostela … Read more
Tomohiro Muda is a Japanese photographer who went on two pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela photographing the Camino and offering his vision of it. Muda declares himself to be a lover of the French and especially of the Spanish Romanic, Santiago de Compostela and the Jacobean pilgrimage. He was born in in 1956 in the … Read more
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