Welcoming and Hospitality on the Camino de Santiago. Photographs by Manuel G. Vicente (Madrid)

A creative experience of hospitality and solidarity lived through beside the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, in the hostels and at the goal of the Jacobean Pilgrimage. A shared area of universal values Hospitality, the welcoming of the pilgrim is a value which for centuries has been considered the cornerstone of the Camino de … Read more

Galician Friends of the Way of St. James associations to visit Belgium and the European Parliament

Twenty-four representatives from twelve Friends of the Way of St. James associations in Galicia will travel to Belgium to take part in a number of events commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Way of St. James as the first European Cultural Route, a milestone to be reached this October. The trip will take place Monday, … Read more

X International Jacobean Lessons at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)

Thirty years of the Way of St. James as the First European Cultural Route. X International Jacobean Lessons at the USC is a periodic course directed by University of Santiago de Compostela professor Miguel Taín Guzmán. It is open to students and other members of the university community, as well as anyone who would like … Read more

Exhibition “Memory of Pilgrimage. The Way of St. James. First European Cultural Route” (Estella)

The Way of St. James, the First European Cultural Route, is one of the greatest treasures shared by all Europeans. Part of the cultural and moral heritage of the West and all humanity, this ancient route has been travelled by millions of people from the Middle Ages down to today. The audiovisual exhibition Memory of … Read more

Cultura no Camiño (Culture on the Camino) 2017

GALICIA is a land of pathways and culture. Pathways that lead through the magnificent natural and architectural heritage of all four provinces, ancient ways that converge at Compostela, goal of the Camino, the pilgrimage route that is among the community’s principal emblems. Cultures that are living, diverse, modern and our own, which emerge around every … Read more

Xunta to present 371 performances in close to 100 municipalities through the Cultura no Camiño (Culture on the Camino) programme

Now through the end of September, the Galician Department of Culture, Education and University Planning and Turismo de Galicia, with the sponsorship of Gadis, will be presenting a total of 371 performances in 98 municipalities throughout Galicia – one out of every three in the autonomous community – through which the different pilgrimage routes to … Read more

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