Chemin de Compostela - Pinet à St Thibéry sur Lo Camin Romieu
A walk along part of one of the ancient routes of pilgrimage to Compostela - the site of another "Wayside Cross" - unfortunately destroyed (like so many) .........................................To set out on the Way to Santiago de Compostella / Saint-Jacques de Compostelle is a spiritual adventure - for on the Camino we may draw on the imprinted energy of the countless pilgrims who have passed this way before us over so many centuries. For the Way of St James has existed for more than a thousand years, and in 1993 the Camino de Santiago was declared a world heritage site. In fact the Way of St James consists of many pilgrim routes which traverse Europe, to converge in the Pyrenées before traversing Spain. Our ancestors made their way to Santiago using the sun, moon and stars for navigation - indeed the Way is sometimes also referred to as the Via Lactea (the Milky Way). So throughout all of Europe there are many routes and shrines which claim a history of welcoming and caring for pilgrims en route to Santiago, where waymarks of brass or tile scallop shells or distinctive yellow arrows all guide the pilgrim towards Santiago de Compostella..........
| Région: | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Département: | Hérault |
| Commune: | Florensac |
| Photographer: | Malcolm Reynard - personal website |
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