Category: Liminal Space

If I was impressed with the ruin of San Miguel, I was utterly unprepared for that of San Antón. It was enormous, a magnificent remnant, and it arched over the Camino road. Once this arch connected a monastery on one side of the road with a pilgrim’s hostel on the other side. While both the monastery and the old hostel […]

After saying goodbye to Viola, at about 11:30 am Eamon and I set off to leave Burgos and to head out into the Meseta. It’s funny how our great Camino family, numbering sometimes over a dozen, was now down to just us two. Some folks, like Viola, took rest days and fell behind. Some sped ahead. And some went home. […]

Although I have taken literally hundreds of photos of the interior of the Cathedral in Burgos, I’ve limited myself to just five photos for this project. No series of photos of this cathedral would be complete without at least one ceiling shot. This is one of the many side chapels. While they’re not all this intricate, many of them are. […]

Welcome to Burgos cathedral! The photo is a little blurry, but perhaps it conveys the overwhelming magnificence and grandeur that flood upon you when you enter. It’s too much to take in all at once, and this is just the barest view from the narthex into the great aisle surrounding the nave, from which radiates something like twelve chapels, with […]

We return at last to the cathedral! This tympanum over the South Portal of the Cathedral is a masterpiece of 13th century stonework. The central portion shown in the photograph depicts Christ Pantocrator, surrounded by the four evangelists busy writing at their desks, as well as by their traditional symbols. Above, arches of angels and saints surround the central image. […]

We continued our exploration of the central part of the city of Burgos in Plaza Mayor, where we came upon city hall. The neoclassical La Casa Consistorial de Burgos was built primarily in the late 17th century, with some small improvements since. Before they got their building here on what used to be the primary market square for the city, […]

There doesn’t seem to be any way to access this particular door to the Cathedral of Burgos. It’s well above the ground level immediately in front of it, and the sidewalk that passes behind the cathedral here is raised, almost like a bridge, over the chasm in front of the door. Anybody coming out of this door had better be […]