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The Camino de Santiago is a routetravelledbypilgrimsfromalloverSpain and acrossEuropetoreachthecity of Santiago de Compostela, wheretheyveneratetherelics of St. James theGreat. ThroughouttheMiddleAgeswaswellattended, and thenwasslightlyforgotten. in modern times it has retaken a boom. El Camino de santiago(Theway of Santiago)
THE ORIGINS OF THE SANTIAGO´S RIDE: • Theorigins of thecult of Santiago in theRoman Hispania are unknown, butitappearsthat in theyear 812 werefoundrelicsattributedtotheapostle. At theend of theninthcenturythecultspansChristian Europe. In theeleventhcenturythenumber of pilgrimsincreasedconsiderablythanksto cultural contactsamongEuropeannations.King Alfonso II of Asturias builta churchonthesitewhere, accordingtolegend, theremains of St. James were. Fromtheeleventhcentury, thischurchbecame a majorpilgrimagecenter of Christianity and gaverisetothe Camino de Santiago. In thiswaythePeninsulaexpanded in the new architecturalstylesthatprevailed in Europe.
VARIETIES OF THE SANTIAGO´S RIDE • Althoughtheways in whichthefaithful come to Santiago are verynumerous, one of the tours willbecomethemostfamousroad. ItistheFrenchway, as allfourancientroadspassingthrough France joinin one :· · · ViaTuronensis· · · ViaLemovicensis· · · ViaPodiensis· · · Via TolosanaIn Spainthe original routecrossedthePyreneesthroughthepassof Palo Huesca (Echo Valley), butsoonitwouldbeabandonedto use thepass of Somport, Huesca (viaTolosana), as describedbytheCodexCalixtino,whichmentionstheHospital of Santa Cristina inSomport, now in ruins.