Camino Photo of the Day: Puente de la Rabia

Technically Zubiri is not actually on the Camino. But all you have to do is to cross this lovely stone bridge to get to the town. This is an early morning photo on our way back to the Camino. You can see some of our growing Camino family on the bridge, the Puente de la Rabia. The name of this bridge translates to “Rabies Bridge”, and therein lies a tale.

According to the legend, animals passing under the bridge’s arches would be miraculously healed of any illness (including rabies!) hence the bridge’s name. Other versions of the same legend attribute the bridge and in particular its central pillar the power of preventing animals from contracting rabies.

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Date: 03 April 2013
Place: Zubiri (Navarra, Spain)

Maps! On the way from Zubiri to Pamplona.