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  1. sillydoll

    Mass and Monasteries along the Camino Frances

    In Catholic Christianity there are five Holy Cities that celebrate a Jubilee or Holy Year – three of these are in Spain. Liébana - where you will find the relic of the Lignum Crucis, the largest surviving fragment of Christ’s cross. The Monastery of Santo Toribio was founded in Mount Viorna...
  2. jaws101

    Camino de la Vera Cruz

    Does anyone know of/have information about this new camino. All I know is that it starts at Puente de la Reina and ends up at Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia and is approximately 800km long. I would be interested to know if there are any albergues along the route and any other information anyone...
  3. sillydoll

    alternative routes

    In Catholic Christianity there are five Holy Cities that celebrate a Jubilee or Holy Year – three of these are in Spain. The Holy Cities are Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela, Liebana, and the youngest, Caravaca de la Cruz (Town of the Cross). Two of the Spanish Holy cities are on Camino...
  4. sillydoll

    Caravaca de la Cruz - the other Holy Year City

    More than 4500 agriculturalists, livestock farmers and fishermen joined together yesterday in pilgrimage to Caravaca de la Cruz, to honour the Jubilee year. At their head was the President od the Region of Murcia, Ramon Luis Valcarcel, accompanied by all the senior figures within the regions...
  5. sillydoll

    Caravaca de la Cruz - the other Holy Year City

    Santiago isn't the only Spanish city celebrating the Holy Year. There are only 5 Holy cities in Catholic Christianity and three of those are in Spain. They are Santiago de Compostela, Camaleño (the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana) and the 'youngest' being Caravaca le la Cruz. (the other...
  6. sillydoll

    Classic sports cars following the Holy Trail

    In 2010 three Spanish cities are commemorating their Jubilee; Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Potes, Cantabria, and Santiago de Compostela, Galicia and to celebrate, thirty sports cars will be travelling the 1429 km between the three cities on a regulation rally starting on Sunday June 6 in...
  7. sillydoll

    Caravaca De La Cruz's sculpture of a pilgrim cyclist

    http://condadodealhamaservices.com/blog ... -campillo/ The President of Murcia, Ramon Luis Valcarcel, was today in Caravaca de la Cruz to reveal the sculpture that came from the hands of the famous sculptor Antonio Campillo of Murcia, who died last year. The sculpture named ‘The Pilgrim’ was...
  8. sillydoll

    Other Pilgrimage routes

    1 000 000 people to Potes, Spain last year Around one million pilgrims were expected to journey along the narrow and winding roads of Spain's mountainous Cantabria province to the Franciscan monastery of Santo Toribio de Liebana last year. The monastery is one of the most important sites of...

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