The Three Wise Men

[Lindsay from Scotland]

Hi there
Can anyone tell me where on the Camino Frances there is a mural on a wall depicting “the three wise men”. I’ve admired it on several occasions, over the years, but I can’t remember where it is. The iconography suggests the nativity with the three wise men being depicted as Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandihi.
If a passing pilgrim could reply with a picture of the mural that would be super good as well!

 

[Flog]

I don't remember it, but at a guess Belorado perhaps? A lot of murals and street art in that town..

 

[Robo]

Rabe? https://artfulcompendium.com/2020/08/24/camino-frances-the-meseta-part-1-3/

 

[Pelegrin]

In the Spanish tradition they are magicians ( Reyes Magos), so in the Spanish version would be Houdini, Copperfield and Bamberg.

 

[davejsy]

This?

This was after Tajados somewhere, I think the next village along. Maybe Rabe as mentioned above. There were quite a few beautiful murals.

 

[srmcgrath]

I took this photo right after Rabe de Las Calzadas in July of 2022.

 

[Old Kiwi]

If you look carefully you will see that both photos are taken at the same place. It is all in the small details.

 

[Vancouver Rose]

I loved that mural. I called it the mural of great thinkers. It reminded me, which I really needed at the time, that great ideas take time, and I’d need to be patient with myself, as I was hoping to figure some things out on my Camino, and at that point, I hadn’t.