ElCaminoSantiago

El Camino Santiago.

The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago de Compostela.

For Pilgrim resources please see:
http://www.ElCaminoSantiago.com

The first routes traversed the rugged northern regions of Spain. The French were invited to establish a more hospitable route, which they did with their usual aplomb. With them they brought Romanesque architecture, along with the artisans, sculptors, shopkeepers and priests for the new settlements along the Way. A complete network of roads and villages sprung up to accommodate the pilgrims' needs. Place names persist, such as Villafranca del Bierzo, which attest to the French presence on the Camino. At it's peak in the 12th century, there were an estimated half million to a million Peregrinos on the Road at any given time.

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