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Codex Calixtinus![]() | The Pilgrimage![]() | The Camino![]() |
Guidebookswith information about the different Caminos: maps, length of the stages, difficulties, accommodations, bars and restaurants, …![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Poems![]() A native of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region of northwest Spain, she wrote in both Galician and Castilian. Rosalia de Castro, is today considered one of the outstanding figures of nineteeth-century Spanish literature. Her poetry, often compared to that of Emily Dickinson, is characterized by an intimate lyricism, simple diction, and innovative prosody. Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros (Dark Centuries), she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento ("renaissance"). Her poetry is marked by 'saudade', an almost ineffable combination of nostalgia, longing and melancholy. Her home in Padron is preserved as a museum. The Portuguese Camino passes next to it. She is buried in the Pantheon of the Illustrious Gallegos in Santiago de Compostela. | Journey to the Alcarria![]() Born on May 11, 1916, in Iria Flavia in the Galician province of Coruña to a Spanish father and English mother, Cela studied medicine, philosophy and law in Madrid before being drawn into the civil war. He then tried his hand at bullfighting, painting and acting before devoting himself to literature. Camilo José Cela was well known in his native Spain for his sardonic humor and irascible personality as well as for his writing. In 1989, he won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Although relatively unknown in the English-speaking world when he won the Nobel Prize. Cela made his reputation with his first , and many say his best novel, ''The Family of Pascual Duarte,'' which is said to be the most widely translated Spanish novel after Cervantes's ''Don Quixote.'' Among his other popular books, ''The Hive,'' ''Mazurka for Two Dead Men,'' ''San Camilo, 1936'' and ''Journey to the Alcarría'' have also been translated into English. He died in Madrid at the age of 85 and was buried in the cemetery of his hometown. The Portuguese Camino passes next to it. |
About the Basque Country![]() Published by the Basque Government (2009) | The Pintxo Trail![]() | Bilbao & San Sebastián![]() |
Slacker Pilgrim![]() | Women of the Way![]() | Basque![]() |
The Way![]() | Footprints![]() FOOTPRINTS crosses the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia, … The road taken by the protagonists, The Camino del Norte, also known as The Northern or Coastal Camino in Spain, was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 2015. Other routes passed through Navarre, Castile, Aragon, La Rioja, … The Camino starts in Spain, France, Portugal,… all the routes compete in beauty and share the same destiny: the tomb of the Apostle Santiago, St. James the Greater. |
the Milky Way![]() Most of the great heresies are evoked, as well as the relationship between religion and social order (restaurant scene, intervention of the police ...) or private life (hotel scene) in an often dreamlike climate as it is customary at Buñuel. The film ends with an image of blind people who, their path blocked by a tiny ditch where their cane is lost, cannot follow Jesus teaching. | Saint Jacques ... La Mecque![]() Forced to walk, this film reflects the different attitudes and the varied world of pilgrims. |
Three on the Way![]() A Japanese poetess, a Dutch social worker and a young Brazilian woman independently visit Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in winter, spring and summer. They follow the path that Apostle Saint James the Greater, took during his pilgrimage there. This trip will change them. These pilgrims, not professional actors, bring freshness in a real context through their own reflections and as a consequence of the situations lived in this Camino experience. | Walking the Camino![]() This multi-award winning documentary sensitively explores the human face of the Camino and its transformative power. Along the 800 km of the French Way, from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, six real stories are collected from six pilgrims of different ages, nationalities, cultural levels, social position, beliefs and motivations, and their personal experience on the inner journey to find one´s self. |
Iacobus Magnus![]() | La Tuna de Derecho![]() Every night, May to Octuber, they perform from 10 pm in the arcades of the Plaza del Obradoiro in Santiago. | Compostelle![]() |
Cristina Pato![]() She released her first album, titled “Tolemia” (1999), at the age of 18. With that album she became the first woman to record a solo album as a “gaiteira” (woman bagpiper), in Galicia. | Grupo de Cámara![]() The University Group of the Chamber of Compostela interprets and also performs research work on medieval and Renaissance Galician and Spanish music. | Tierra de Nadie![]() |
BENITO LERTXUNDI![]() | THE ORFEÓN DONOSTIARRA![]() | KALAKAN![]() |
HUNTZA![]() | KEPA JUNKERA![]() |