THE ORIGINAL WAY OF SAINT JAMES, EL CAMINO PRIMITIVO IN ASTURIAS (ESPAÑA - SPAIN)
The route of St. James is one of the largest spiritual, cultural and religious events to take place throughout the history of humanity attracting pilgrims from all over the world to make their way to Santiago de Compostela, the final resting place of the apostle St. James. There are two of routes or ways that pass through the region of Asturias... one is the northern coastal route and the other is El Camino Primitivo or the original way, said to be the very first pilgrimage ever made to Santago.
During the 9th century, while holding court in Oviedo, King Alphonse the chaste set out on a journey to Galicia in the north-west of the peninsula in order to confirm the discovery of the remains of the apostle St. James. On confirmation that the discovery was indeed St. James, King Alphonse ordered the construction of a basilica to store the saints remains and since then the route between Oviedo and Santago de Compostella has become one of first and most important Christian pilgramages in the world. This original way starts in the Asturian capital of Oviedo passing through Las Regueras, Grado, Tineo, Pola de Allande and Grandas de Salime where the route then enters the province of Lugo in Galicia finally finishing at Santago de Compostella.
The Way of Saint James - Galicia
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The Way of St. James was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during the Middle Ages, together with those to Rome and Jerusalem, and a pilgrimage route on which a plenary indulgence could be earned; other major pilgrimage routes include the Via Francigena to Rome and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Galicia, Spain: The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
More info about traveling the Camino de Santiago: The Camino de Santiago — literally the Way of St. James — is Europe's ultimate pilgrimage route. Since the Middle Ages, pilgrims have walked hundreds of miles across North Spain to pay homage to the remains of St. James in the city named for him, Santiago de Compostela.
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THE WAY OF ST. JAMES - 530 miles in 29 days on foot through Spain (Camino de Santiago)
Ten years ago in 2007 I went on this hiking trip - a pilgrimage actually.
I took a whole truckload of photographs since making videos was not in my mind at that time.
It was a life changing experience for me - finding the way, finding the next place to sleep, and finding myself, and I am thankful for having learned so much about myself along the way.
I picked 100 of the photographs and put them together in a little slideshow.
Come along and join me on my trip... Walk on the Way of St. James.
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Camino de Santiago Full Doumentary (The Way of St. James )
Camino de Santiago full documentary in english and spanish.
Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James) is the perfect mix of touristic-sports adventure and religious sentiment. This documentary shows all of the story from the origins until today.
The discovery of the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, in the first third of the IX century, compelled many Christians to make pilgrimages to Compostela doing the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) to worship his relics.
This required the construction of a church. This building, besides guarding and honoring the relics of the Apostle and his disciples Teodoro and Atanasio, had to take in a greater number of pilgrims coming from the Peninsular kingdoms, as well as from the rest of Europe. The purpose of its builders was not only to construct the most perfect church dedicated to the cult of the pilgrims; they wanted to make Compostela a religious and artistic reference for the world, like Rome and Jerusalem.
These are the beginnings of a fascinating story, a fabulous saga spanning centuries carried out
by thousands of people united in their devotion to the figure of the Apostle Santiago, in a remote corner of Finisterre. They called it Compostela: the field of stars.
The present state of the Santiago Cathedral is the result of numerous changes, projects, works, remodeling; in short, an evolving and impassioned architectural and artistic creation developed throughout many centuries.
Camino de Santiago. The Temple of the Stars - Full Documentary
Even though Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago have been the three great destinations for pilgrims
since the Middle Ages, the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) to Santiago is the only one that is still traveled the same way today as it was back then: on foot and with little else than a shoulder pouch.
It had been a long time since news of the discovery of the Santiago sepulcher had reached France. Those were dark and dangerous times.
Terror broke loose when the Saracen army flattened Compostela. Almanzor had destroyed its basilica and other churches and monasteries. Bishop Diego Peláez decided to build a new church
to replace the pre-Romanesque Basilica. We fly over the city of Santiago. From up here, we can see the cathedral and near it, the church of San Félix de Solovio.
And it is in this place where chronicles tell of a hermit known as Pelayo who, as he fasted, observed some lights shining on the ancient Roman citadel. Before such news, the bishop arrived at the site and discovered the entrance to a small sepulcher among the weeds.
A church was built above the sepulcher to worship the Apostle’s relics. Construction was finished in 830 and Bishop Teodomiro consecrated the first Church of Santiago.
In the year 1101, while in Santiago after being named bishop by Pope Paschal II Diego Gelmírez initiated his projects. The first would be the conclusion of the cathedral. It was apparent that if he wanted the Santiago church to become that great Apostolic see, it had to be at the vanguard of art.
To this end, he patronized continuous exchanges between Compostelan builders and the most advanced constructors of the times. Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) had definitely become a torrent of culutral and artistic exchange between Galicia and the rest of Europe.
Diego Gelmírez had achieved all of his goals: the construction of the cathedral was well on its way
and it was a benchmark for European Romanesque art;
And finally, on April 21 1211, Archbishop Pedro Muñiz, in the presence of King Alfonso IX,
consecrated the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago. The visits of Pope John Paul II and later Benedict XVI in the Holy Compostelan year of 2010, surrounded by a fervent multitude of pilgrims from all over the world, through Camino de Santiago ( Way of St. James) are a testimony to the magnificent vitality the Jacobean cult has today.
But notwithstanding all the changes, the works of Peláez and Gelmírez, of Masters Bernardo, Esteban, Mateo, and countless others, still remain unaltered and recognizable. In the spaces within its naves, columns, tribunes, chapels and porticos, the spirit of all those who contributed to its erection is conserved.
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world held each year Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) to venerate the relics of the Apostle. Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) ends in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
O Cebreiro, a typical Galician village for pilgrims on the Way of St. James
Lugo, 3 Aug (EFE), (Camera: Eliseo Trigo).- The village of O Cebreiro is the first town in the region of Galicia in north western Spain that pilgrims on the French Way of St. James reach as they head to Santiago de Compostela.
The Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago). Compostela | Documentary Part 1
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The discovery of the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, in the first third of the IX century, compelled many Christians to make pilgrimages to Compostela to worship his relics.
This required the construction of a church. This building, besides guarding and honoring the relics of the Apostle and his disciples Teodoro and Atanasio, had to take in a greater number of pilgrims coming from the Peninsular kingdoms, as well as from the rest of Europe. The purpose of its builders was not only to construct the most perfect church dedicated to the cult of the pilgrims; they wanted to make Compostela a religious and artistic reference for the world, like Rome and Jerusalem.
These are the beginnings of a fascinating story, a fabulous saga spanning centuries carried out
by thousands of people united in their devotion to the figure of the Apostle Santiago, in a remote corner of Finisterre. They called it Compostela: the field of stars.
The present state of the Santiago Cathedral is the result of numerous changes, projects, works, remodeling; in short, an evolving and impassioned architectural and artistic creation developed throughout many centuries.
▶ Compostela: First part of the documentary The Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago). The Temple of stars.
Even though Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago have been the three great destinations for pilgrims since the Middle Ages, the Jacobean Route to Santiago is the only one that is still traveled the same way today as it was back then: on foot and with little else than a shoulder pouch. It had been a long time since news of the discovery of the Santiago sepulcher had reached France.
Near the end of the millennium and in the fields of Aquitania, stories were told of pilgrims who went to worship the Apostle’s tomb to the far reaches of Galician lands, over in the Finisterre.
Those were dark and dangerous times. Travelers from the peninsula spoke of bloody battles between Christians and Muslims. Terror broke loose when the Saracen army flattened Compostela. Almanzor had destroyed its basilica and other churches and monasteries. The monks who fled were barely able to safeguard a few codexes and objects of great value.
But things later improved. With the Caliphate of Cordoba increasingly worn down, Christians had secured a stable border.
Free from threats, the people of the north of the peninsula could rebuild roads,trace new ways and repair bridges, thus normalizing communication with France.The chronicles spoke of the miracles of the Apostle. They said that they had been decisive in the fight against the Muslims.
These prowesses helped increase devotion for the Saint even further
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Goal of the Way of St. James, Santiago de la Compostela
The marker of the goal of the Way of St. James is in the square of the cathedral in Santiago de la Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
St. James Sepulcrum (Santiago el Mayor), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe
James, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and traditionally considered the first apostle to be martyred. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James the Greater or James the Great to distinguish him from James, son of Alphaeus and James the brother of Jesus (James the Just). James the son of Zebedee is the patron saint of Spain, and as such is often identified as Santiago. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. (The name Santiago is the local Galician evolution of Vulgar Latin Sanctu Iacobu, Saint James.) The traditional pilgrimage to the grave of the saint, known as the Way of St. James, has been the most popular pilgrimage for Western European Catholics from the Early Middle Ages onwards, although its modern revival and popularity stems from Walter Starkie's 1957 book, The Road to Santiago. The Pilgrims of St. James. Some 237,886 pilgrims registered in 2014 as having completed the final 100 km walk (200 km by bicycle) to Santiago to qualify for a Compostela. When 25 July falls on a Sunday, it is a ″Jubilee″ year (an Año Santo Jubilar Compostelano or Año Santo Jacobeo) and a special east door is opened for entrance into Santiago Cathedral. Jubilee years fall every 5, 6, and 11 years. In the 2004 Jubilee year, 179,944 pilgrims received a Compostela. In 2010 the number had risen to 275,135. The feast day of St. James is celebrated on 25 July on the liturgical calendars of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and certain Protestant churches. He is commemorated on 30 April in the Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, 30 April currently falls on 13 May of the modern Gregorian Calendar). James' emblem was the scallop shell (or cockle shell), and pilgrims to his shrine often wore that symbol on their hats or clothes. The French for a scallop is coquille St. Jacques, which means cockle (or mollusk) of St. James. The German word for a scallop is Jakobsmuschel, which means mussel (or clam) of St. James; the Dutch word is Jacobsschelp, meaning shell of St. James. The military Order of Santiago, named after James, was founded in Spain in the 12th century to fight the Moors. Later, as in other orders of chivalry, the membership became a mark of honor. The English name James comes from Italian Giacomo, a variant of Giacobo derived from Iacobus (Jacob) in Latin, itself from the Greek Ἰάκωβος Iacobos. In French, Jacob is translated Jacques. In eastern Spain, Jacobus became Jacome or Jaime; in Catalonia, it became Jaume, in western Iberia it became Iago, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, which when prefixed with Sant became Santiago in Portugal and Galicia; Tiago is also spelled Diego in Spanish and Diogo in Portuguese, which is also the Spanish name of Saint Didacus of Alcalá.[citation needed] Alternatively, Santiago is the local Galician evolution of Vulgar Latin Sanctu Iacobu, Saint James.
The Way of Saint James, more than just a journey
Pilgrims from all over the world have been following the Way of Saint James for a thousand years. The pilgrimage remains as alive today as ever, and many people come to enjoy the hospitality offered at every stage of the way and discover much more than a journey.
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SIGNS on Camino de Santiago, the Way of Saint James
Two pilgrims, Alice and Eva delight in the simple, yet so profound meaning of the signs passed by on the Camino de Santiago, the Way of Saint James in Spain. One could never imagine how much encouragement and joy came with seeing the sign: do not STOP walking. We realized that we are not the only ones feeling like we can not go on, being so very, very exhausted, so we kept going. Thank you to all who added in this way to the Camino. God bless you.
Music: Memories, A New Begining, Going Higher - bensound.com.
The Way of St. James
The Way of Saint James is a collection of old pilgrimage routes which cover all
Europe. They all have Santiago de Compostela, in North Western Spain as their
final destination. If you visit Galicia you will see countless people walking towards
Santiago, often with backpacks and hikers attire. These people are holy pilgrims
making the centuries old pilgrimage known as El Camino de Santiago or El
Camino, as it has become know the old track of Saint James Apostle preaching the
Word of Christ. Some are walking, others ride bikes or are on horseback, just like
Sophia and Marcelo Baptista de Oliveira.
In May 2011, Sophia and Marcelo Baptista de Oliveira made an old dream come
true: they traveled the Way of Saint James, in Spain, riding their own Mangalarga
Marchador horses, the two young four year old stallions Urano and Patek of Maripá.
Photos by Paula da Silva
Slideshow by Nicole Ciscato
Galicia, Spain: Walking the Camino de Santiago
More info on travel to Santiago: On the Camino de Santiago, pilgrims reflect on their motivation while heading toward the last leg of their journey.
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Camino de Santiago, the Way of Saint James
El Camino de Santiago or The Way of St. James, is one of the most important Christian pilgrimages, with Santiago de Compostela in Spain, as the final destination.
The pilgrimage goes to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried. According to the legend, St. James' body was taken to Galicia by boat from Jerusalem and carried inland to where Santiago de Compostela is now located. The pilgrimage is believed by some to be one of three pilgrimages for which the sins of the pilgrim will be forgiven. There are several routes that can be taken, the most popular being the French Way, which begins in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France.
The walk from the French border to Santiago de Compostela on the main routes of the French Way takes about a month. Speed hikers can make it in as little as two weeks, but that requires walking 40 km or more each day.
While most of the route is fairly gentle with only a few long ascents, some days can be challenging. Over the past 20 years a great deal of effort has gone into improving the walkers' route, and most of the route is now well marked, reasonably well surfaced, and separated from the increasingly heavy traffic on Spanish highways. If one begins in France, the route passes over two major mountain chains and several smaller ones.
One needs to be in reasonably good condition and to have good hiking boots. If you wish to camp, you need to carry clothing and a sleeping bag in a comfortable backpack. But you can stay in hostels for low cost.
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The Way of St. James
A Pilgrimage to Santiago... Volker Wischnowski's portrayal of the Way of St. James. Buy the film at: Beautiful footage, the director's thoughts on the significance of the pilgrimage, and some tips on how to approach the walk.
A WOMAN WALKS ALONE 'Along The Way' of ST JAMES
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If you're making plans or just an armchair traveler, this e-book is for anyone interested in the famous 'Camino.' Losana Boyd is 60 years old when she sets out on her own -- braving dangers, solitude and sore feet in her solo pilgrimage on foot 250 kilometers from Porto, Portugal to Santiago Compostela in Spain. 'Along The Way' takes you along to beautiful places, amazing vistas, lovely and less-lovely hotels, delicious food, great wine and fascinating fellow travelers - and invites you to experience the highs, the lows and the joys of a hot bath, as Losana with searing honesty confronts the realities of the Baby Boomer generation 'Along the Way.'
The Way of Saint James: Northern Route
This route was first used by the pilgrims in order to avoid travelling through the territories occupied by the Muslims in the Middle Ages. The greatest attraction is its landscape, as a large part of the route runs along the coastline against a backdrop of mountains and overlooking the Cantabrian Sea. When you get to Oviedo, you can either take the alternative Northern Route or the Primitive Route.
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