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Is the Camino de Levante an official Camino route recognized by the Pilgrim Office?
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[QUOTE="Kathar1na, post: 968291, member: 15378"] From a chapter in "Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts" which can be read online: [INDENT]The Ruta de la Plata (from Arab al-balat - cobbled paving) dates back to the 2nd century BC. There is consensus that the original road linked Emerita Augusta (Mérida) with Asturica Augusta (Astorga). During the next centuries the road extended south to Seville and Cadiz and north to Gijon. It roughly corresponds to the actual A-66 highway. This important corridor has been used and modified over centuries. During the 8th century, the Arabs used it for their swift conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Since the 11th century, the road was followed by the Mozárabes of al-Andalus [who, obviously, turned left and off the old Via de la Plata at one point to go to Santiago].[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] Apparently, there are heated discussions, both among scholars and then in turn among politicians, eager to promote their town and their region, regarding which towns can be included in the Via de la Plata and have a 'historical right' to claim the label for tourism promotion. Santiago and Ourense are most definitely not towns belonging to this corridor. I guess it was the writers of contemporary guidebooks and the promotors of the contemporary Caminos to Santiago who decided that their version of a Via de la Plata ends in Santiago. ☺️ [/QUOTE]
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