Camino Photo of the Day: La Chapelle Sainte-Foy
The long climb out of the valley up from Conques was exhausting. After the steepest part, near the top, we came to a tiny chapel of Sainte-Foy with a bell the pilgrims are supposed to ring when they arrive safely to this point. This has apparently been a custom since the heyday of medieval pilgrimage, so the monks in the valley knew that the pilgrims had safely climbed out of the valley. Friends, I rang that bell like nobody’s business. It was also a reminder that we were sadly leaving the lands of Sainte-Foy.
Date: 28 August 2023
Place: between Conques and Noailhac, Aveyron Département, Region of Occitanie, France
Maps!
