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The Camino Francés: From Borce to Puente la Reina

Apr 14, 2020 | Camino

The Road to Santiago de Compostela known as the Camino Francés is prescribed in the medieval text commonly referred to as the Pilgrim’s Guide. According to the text pilgrims who used the Toulouse Road from France entered Spain over the central Pyrenean pass of the...

Thereafter, having cleared the pass of the Somport, one finds the country of Aragon

Nov 18, 2009 | Toulouse Road

Video: The Road over the Somport Pass to Aragon An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 2:05 The ascent to the Somport Pass was a forbidding prospect. The Pyrenees represented a symbolic barrier to twelfth century pilgrims, as well as a...