Camino Photo of the Day: Hospital de Órbigo

The Camino forms the spine of the medieval portion of the town of Hospital de Órbigo. As I mentioned yesterday, the town was named for a pilgrim hostal once maintained by the Knights Hospitaller1 If you look carefully, you can see flags of the Knights of Malta in front of the more modern albergue down the street.

Date: 20 April 2016
Place: Hospital de Órbigo (Castilla y León, Spain)

Here’s today’s map:

  1. Still existing today, and now known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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