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Vigo and Santiago de Compostela

Vigo and Santiago de Compostela. Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Languages of Iberia. Flag of Galicia. My Hovercraft is Full of Eels. St. James and Spain. By tradition, St. James (the Elder) preached in Spain Later Martyred in Jerusalem

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Vigo and Santiago de Compostela

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  1. Vigo and Santiago de Compostela Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

  2. Languages of Iberia

  3. Flag of Galicia

  4. My Hovercraft is Full of Eels

  5. St. James and Spain • By tradition, St. James (the Elder) preached in Spain • Later Martyred in Jerusalem • His Remains were Brought Back to Spain • Tomb Rediscovered in the Ninth Century • Sanctus Iacobus  Santiago • Greek Iacobos  Iacomos  James

  6. Santiago Matamoros • Tomb of Santiago rediscovered in 813 • Santiago Appeared to a Spanish King and Promised Victory in Battle Against the Arabs (Moors) • A Knight Dressed in White Fought Alongside the Spaniards in Battle • Matar a Moros = Kill Moors

  7. Modern Fallout • Spanish Troops in Iraq in 2003 wore the Cross of Santiago • This was not Popular

  8. Cape Finisterre

  9. Cies Islands

  10. Vigo

  11. Citadel of Vigo

  12. Citadel of Vigo

  13. Roman Bridge at Pontevedra

  14. Peregrina Church, Pontevedra

  15. Way of St. James

  16. The Pilgrim Route

  17. Santiago de Compostela

  18. Santiago de Compostela

  19. Santiago de Compostela

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