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    Understanding Dragonte - The Ultimate Templar Tribute

    From what I was told and read the Templars were involved in O'Cebreiro from the earliest days of the Templars in Spain. This is significantly documented and footnoted in Gitlitz and Davidson's "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, The Complete Cultural Handbook". There defiantly needs to be more...
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    Understanding Dragonte - The Ultimate Templar Tribute

    Falcon269, I learned of Dragonte from a group of Templar enthusiasts in California. I will try to track them down and get more documentation. They collect documents on the Templars military and financial history. Apparently this route is one of dozens along the Camino used for the same purpose...
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    Understanding Dragonte - The Ultimate Templar Tribute

    The route of Dragonte is very rarely discussed in any guidebooks and yet it is a important element of the Camino to understand and respect, but few know the true history of the most difficult alternative route on the French Way. Let's start with the route's history. It is NOT a historical path...
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    Dragonte OTE="rawsonc, post: 123465, member: 11458"]Hola Charlesx I walked the Dragonte route with a friend in September 2011 using just the Brierley book and it was a really beautiful and peaceful way. Pilgrims aren’t so common so the locals were very happy to see us and in one village took us...
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    Dragonte route

    The Route of Dragonte is rarely mentioned in any of the guidebookse. It is one of many routes used by the Knights Templar when groups of bandits or scouting parties from other armies would follow the Templars to learn of their hideouts or plan an attack. Legend has it that the Templars would...

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