In the 9th century a religious hermit started to follow a strange shiny star in the forest which led him to a Roman mausoleum hidden under briars. In the mausoleum he found the body of a beheaded Christian martyr, later confirmed by the local bishop and the king of Asturia it was the remains of apostle James the Great (Santiago). The relic they found was gold: nearly intact, one of Jesus’ apostles, the evangelist of Hispania was the finest of Europe. The news got out and thousands of devout people set off to the yet insignificant Compostela.
The pilgrimage traditionally starts from the door of your house but along the trade and royal routes pilgrimage routes develop:
By far the most popular is, and was, the Camino Francés which originated in France and crossed the Pyrenees. Those who arrived from the seas used the amino Norte, and it also became popular among who arrived from the continent when the Moors pushed forward to the North and the Camino Francés became insecure.
Info: Lonely Planet, picture: gronze.com
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