Walking the Camino de Santiago
Just opposite the Holy Door we come at last to the steps leading down into the crypt where Saint James the Apostle – Santiago – is entombed. The stone steps are worn smooth and concave from the footsteps of generations of pilgrims. Day and night they file down in a seemingly unending line. The crypt itself lies under the high […]
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Compostela in hand, we head at last to the Cathedral. Here, we enter through the Holy Door. This particular door is open only in Jacobean Holy Years – those years where the Feast of Santiago falls on a Sunday. In 2016, however, Pope Francis had declared a special Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy. Holy Doors were opened in Cathedrals and […]
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This little church stands in the same square as a popular café/bar in the village of San Paio. Luckily for us, the church was actually open as we stopped by. We had no such luck on either our 2013 or 2018 Caminos. I’ll post some interior photos over the next few days. The bar, of course, was open for business […]
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Today, we’re doing something a little different. Every Camino, we’ve posed at this marker. I’m not actually sure what it’s meant to signify, since we are still many kilometers from the city limits. Furthermore, I strongly suspect that due to highway construction, the marker was moved sometime between 2016 and 2018. If not, they certainly chopped down that little tree. […]
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Nope. Can’t explain it. But I certainly enjoyed seeing this Dali-esque gate. Now that’s a mustache! Date: 02 May 2016 Place: somewhere between Arca and O Pedrouzo (Galicia, Spain) The final walking day, the final map:
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This cross, or variations of it, may be seen all over the Camino. Indeed, all over Spain. This particular example is on a gate leading to the driveway of a private residence, and it’s one of my favourite examples. Apologies for no photo yesterday – I’m clearly still in recovery from my accident. Date: 01 May 2016 Place: near Santa […]
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There’s just something about a door. This one may be found in the rural outskirts of the town of Boente. It’s about two in the afternoon. Date: 30 April 2016 Place: Boente (Galicia, Spain) Maps of the Day:
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This is the apse of the Igrexa Santa María de Melide in all its Romanesque glory. It features an iconic image of the Trinity, surrounded by the creatures representing the four Evangelists in a field of stars under a canopy of the heavenly host. The seating is monastic, and the original altar stands in the center. The altar is just […]
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Just down the Way from our lunch spot, the Capilla de San Roque is a tiny little church on a busy street in the most urban part of Melide. It was built in 1949 using portions of the demolished churches of Saint Roque and Saint Peter. The locals claim this Romanesque façade is the most beautiful in Galicia. Date: 30 […]
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I‘ll grant you that this little parish church doesn’t look like much. But inside it has some of the most affecting religious art on the Camino. We’ll spend a couple of days looking at it. While it was open on our 2016 Camino, it wasn’t in either 2013 or 2018. Date: 30 April 2016 Place: Furelos (Galicia, Spain) Maps of […]
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