Camino Visigodo

[Magwood]

Has anyone heard of or know anything about this camino, could it be linked into the via de la plata?

 

[Albertinho]

http://caminosaguadalupe.com/caminos-a-guadalupe/camino-visigodo/. Best regards

 

[alansykes]

It sounds like a great detour from the Via de la Plata. I'd love to see the black virgin of Gualalupe, and all the Zurbaráns and Giordanos in the monastery there - once the third most important pilgrimage site in Spain, and the mother house of the Escorial.

The amazing visigothic chapel of Santa Lucía del Tampal is under an hour from Alcuéscar on the VdlP. It's a lovely, mysterious, serene place - a very simple three naved building in a little clearing in the oak woods of the dehesa. It was built on the site of a celtiberian temple to Ataegina, their version of Persephone, the goddess of spring and rebirth. She was apparently a popular goddess in Extremadura, and often associated with healing waters - the Roman reservoir that served Mérida is called Prosephina in her honour, and the Trampal stream has warm springs on it.

 

[Magwood]

Wow, @alansykes that's good information, although I have to admit it might be a foreign language as far as I can understand it!

I visited Guadalupe in 2001 and stayed in the parador for a couple of nights (after a visit to Mérida) and absolutely loved the area. I remember seeing the black virgin.

I only became aware of this camino after buying a spanish lottery ticket that promoted the 'Camino Visigodo'. I may well walk the via de la plata next year , starting with the camino Mozarabe (actually starting from my front door, as I live only 60 km from Málaga) and this looks like an interesting diversion, although I guess I will break over two years.

Many thanks to you and Albertinho for your input.