O Cebreiro - article on its history

[Bradypus]

La Voz de Galicia has an article marking a conference held in O Cebreiro which discussed the history of the village and its significance in the history of the Camino. It includes a remarkable photo from 1929 which gives some idea of how much change there has been in the past century.

O Cebreiro, la aldea universal que empezó el mito y recuperó la tradición del Camino de Santiago

La Academia Xacobea desgranó los motivos por los que el núcleo histórico se convirtió en un hito

www.lavozdegalicia.es

 

[Pelegrin]

O Cebreiro is more than an "aldea".
Because it has a church and a cemetery, is a " parroquia" (parish). There are three "aldeas" that share the parish: Barxamaior, Fonteferreira and Fontevedra.
The municipality is Pedrafita do Cebreiro where is the council house. Pedrafita has twelve "parroquias" in total : O Cebreiro, Fonfria, Liñares, Hospital, etc.

 

[Saint Mike II]

Thank you for this post and the link. Also thanks to Google Translate - a very interesting refreshing of the history of this little village.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

For a very readable deep dive into the fascinating history of O Cebreiro, I recommend Laurie Dennett's "Waybread: Memories of the Camino for the Onward Journey," a newly published English-language volume on a wide variety of juicy Camino topics, written by a Canadian historian who's lived and worked there since the 1980s. It's available in paperback and Kindle versions, with lots of cool photos, too.
(full disclosure: it's an imprint of Peaceable Publishing).