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  1. sillydoll

    11 years on this forum

    Wow! Can't believe that I joined this forum 11 years ago this month! It started off as a Santiago forum but quickly morphed into a Camino forum and took off like a bush fire! The first website I was able to access for info on the Camino in the 1990's was Friends of the Road to Santiago (...
  2. JillGat

    Ancient history along the Camino?

    I want to learn more about the ancient - Roman or even Pagan - sites I will pass along the Camino Frances and Camino Invierno this spring. Any recommended reading?
  3. Jeff Crawley

    The oldest scallop shell?

    Those of you able to view BBC's iPlayer might be interested in an episode of Digging for Britain that was broadcast recently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052775b There has been an archaeological dig going on at a leper hospital in Winchester, western England. When they uncovered the...
  4. S

    Brian Sewell (1931-2015), art critic and peregrino

    I'm sure I am not the only peregrino to be saddened by the news of the passing of English art critic Brian Sewell, scourge of contemporary "art" and past participant of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Not so long ago, I contributed a thread talking about camino consciousness, when and how...
  5. A

    History of Camino Portugues Interior

    1 – The Path (Way) Crossing the territories of Viseu, Castro Daire, Lamego, Peso da Regua, Santa Marta de Penaguião, Vila Real, Vila Pouca de Aguiar and Chaves, the iconographic route follows mostly route of the so-called "Portuguese Interior Way of Santiago". There are about 200 kms...
  6. Kathor1

    A medieval adventure ground?

    I am interested in but not very knowledgeable about long-distance pilgrimages in the middle ages. I know that there is a scholarly debate about the question of how many millions actually walked all the way to Santiago in the middle ages from very far away. Some obviously did, like from Antwerp...
  7. C

    Understanding Dragonte - The Ultimate Templar Tribute

    The route of Dragonte is very rarely discussed in any guidebooks and yet it is a important element of the Camino to understand and respect, but few know the true history of the most difficult alternative route on the French Way. Let's start with the route's history. It is NOT a historical path...
  8. ivar

    [photo] Pilgrims from 1954

    A group of pilgrims arrive in Santiago after walking the Camino Frances in 1954. They are from Germany, France and Holland. (I have no more details) I post this in the "Camino Equipment" section... things have changed. :)
  9. vicrev

    Pre Christian Tracks

    Being an ignoramus & being honest with my self,not knowing much about the Caminos, really, (trying to rectify that) one thing has sometimes puzzled me,at times on this Forum it has been stated the pilgrims were following pre Christian tracks.........why did the pre Christians go to Santiago...
  10. sillydoll

    7th C Jacobi stone found in Merida

    Posted on Facebook THE RELICS OF THE APOSTLE SANTIAGO IS DOCUMENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME (ARCHAEOLOGICALLY) IN MÉRIDA; ON THE "CAMINO" OR "VÍA DE LA PLATA", OR "CAMINO MOZÁRABE". This Visigoth inscription found in Mérida, dated between the 607-648 years (two CENTURIES before his alleged tomb was...
  11. sillydoll

    1951 Camino Frances Diary

    Grant Spangler posted this on another forum. Copied here with his blessing: http://elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Leon_De ... ntiago.pdf (Spanish)
  12. Priscillian

    Evidence for St. James, or lack of evidence?

    Since my eating my own book is at stake and since I seem to have open an interesting can of worms on another thread, almost as satisfying as that on Spanish pilgrim Forums, I thought this might be a better place to transfer the discussion. Major Spanish writers writing from 4th century to the...
  13. W

    Did St Francis of Assisi walk the Camino?

    Good Day Does anyone know if St Francis of Assisi walked the Camino? If he did when was this? Is there any information anywhere about his experiences and rewards from his walk? Thanks Rosetta

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