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Santo Domingo de Silos


photo taken January 24, 2013



This bronze monument is of the 11th c. Abbot for whom the great monastery is named; the elongated silhouette and accentuated curves appear to be in the Spanish Modernismo style.
 
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I have always liked this little sculpture of a shell. However I know neither where or when I shot it! The distinctive vegetation should be a clue. I first used it in a 2010 blog. Perhaps you have also shot this and can locate it?
 
mspath said:
I have always liked this little sculpture of a shell. ... Perhaps you have also shot this and can locate it?
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I tried using Google Lens. Surprisingly a large percentage of possibilities were of Our Ladies. I added camino as a search term and saw a number of nearly identical tiles inserted into different walls. The shell on the webpage below, though not the same one posted, is the closest match in my opinion.

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Thanks for searching. I did use Google Lens also to no exact match. If I ever walk the CF again other than in my memory I'll try to find it.
 
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I have always liked this little sculpture of a shell. However I know neither where or when I shot it! The distinctive vegetation should be a clue
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Perhaps. The plant in the foreground looks like an oleander. So that narrows down the possibilities a bit - more likely in Galicia than elsewhere? Just thinking aloud.
 
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Stunning photo! And fascinating questions. On this knowledgeable forum someone probably knows an answer. I do not, so I apologize for speculating, but do you think it could be an allusion to the Sudarium of Oviedo, the cloth said to cover Christ’s head in the tomb - but only the head?
 
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leaving La Virgen del Camino

photo taken November 13, 2011



This metal pilgrim pointed towards the two ways to leave the town near the junction of the main CF, which parallels the noisy route N120 direct to Villadangos, and the peaceful alternate camino going slightly SW to Villar de Mazarife.
 
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Vilar de Donas
Iglesia de San Salvador
door hardware

photo taken November 13, 2004



East of Palas de Rei the 12th c. Iglesia de San Salvador de Vilar de Donas was for centuries the official burial place of the Chevaliers de Santiago.
 
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Villalcazar de Sirga
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca
overdoor panel

photo taken March 1, 2007



The Virgin holding baby Jesus is the central figure in this panel. Santa María la Blanca, the masive and austere 12th-14th c. fortress-church, was originally built by/for the Knights Templer and later became a royal Marian sanctuary .
 
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Also from Vilar de Donas - taken in May 2016 - including one of the wall paintings.
 
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Definitely local and wishing the crowds weren't passing. The model is the innkeeper of the meson at his back.
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Earlier on February 9, 2008 I took this photo.



A French fellow with whom I walked relaxed in front of the resto, Mesón losTemplarios which appeared to be definitely upmarket. Entering we both were led to a table separate from the more prosperous diners, ie. truly below the salt. Nevertheless our copious/ well "watered" pilgrim menu was a delicious treat for only 11€ each!...Happy memories.
 
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west of Fromista

photo taken March 1, 2007



This stately sculpted column topped with a cross is a welcome contrast to the nearby low concrete bollards alining the CF path parallel to Palencia route P-980 west of Fromista/ east of Villalcazar de Sirga.
 
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Agés

photo taken February 2, 2008



This small discrete tile adjoined the Casa Caracol/House of the Snail, which was the only pilgrim place open that cold afternoon.



After I entered the hospitalera, carefully drew and dated this special "stamp" in my Credential.
 
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south of Redondela
Roman milestone

photo taken December 14, 2011



Now amidst a camino path/back lanes mix near Capela de Santiaguño 6 km south of Redondela this Roman milestone once marked the Via XIX which connected Braga to Lugo via Santiago.
 
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Astorga
Bishop's Palace
tile detail

photo taken March 10, 2007



Distinctive tiles were used by Antonio Gaudi in some original spaces designed from 1889 in the Bishop's Palace, now a museum known as the Palacio de Gaudi.
 
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Palmela, Portugal
coastal Rota Vicentina
Pousada/castle complex

photo taken December 29, 2011



This simple scallop shell is pressed into a column base in the church cloister within the vast castle complex; in the 12th c. the castle had been given to the Military Order of Santiago/the Templars and in 1423 became their headquarters.
 
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