called Santiago in Spanish. The Camino pilgrimage route leads from the French border over 800 km/ 500 miles through northwestern Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Over 200,000 people take the pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago or the 'Way of St James' every...
The Camino de Santiago is one of the most famous pilgrimages in Christianity and a network of routes across western Europe, all of which lead to the purported tomb of St. James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.
Typically, the Camino Francés takes pilgrims about four to six weeks to walk to completion. However, pilgrims may undertake their journey in shorter stages or segments. To earn the official pilgrim’s certificate upon arrival in Santiago de Compostela, pilgrims must travel the final 100 km (62...
In the early 9th century his tomb was purportedly discovered in what is now Santiago de Compostela, and Christian pilgrims have traveled along the Camino de Santiago to visit his relics since the Middle Ages. Neither he nor St. James the Less is thought to be the author of the Letter of ...
The new city (Panamá Nuevo; now commonly called Casco Viejo, “Old Fortification”) was rebuilt about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the old Panamá Viejo site in 1674 byAlonso Mercado de Villacorta, a Spanish conquistador. Political and economic decline followed, and in 1751 the city and are...
James. After centuries of decline, beginning in the 14th–16th centuries with the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation, the pilgrimage tradition to Santiago de Compostela was revitalized toward the end of the 20th century and became known as the Camino de Santiago (Spanish: Way of St. ...
The Camino de Santiago, designated a World Heritage site in 1993, was a series of roads through France and Spain that converged on the city; the route was traveled each year throughout the Middle Ages by thousands of pilgrims. The city remained a site of pilgrimage into the 21st century, ...
After his release he worked for Polygram and CBS Records until 1980, when he embarked on new travels in Europe andAfrica. It was during this trip that he walked theCamino de Santiago, a route of some 500 miles (800 km) that was first used during theMiddle Agesbypilgrimstraveling fromFranc...
The following year he directed his second film, El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain), an adaptation of an Antonio Soler novel about a group of teenage boys who have a memorable summer vacation. In 2010 he portrayed a dissatisfied art-gallery owner in Woody Allen’s light relationship ...