scruffy1
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
I am at the fine tuning stage of planning my pilgrimage on the CF - reading history, art, architecture, and cook books. At the moment re-reading one of my very favorites, "Romanesque Churches of Spain" by Peter Strafford. In the chapter on Castile and León I find Zamora and learn that it is especially blessed with Romanesque churches, houses, and the bridge. Zamora isa small town, less then 70,000 people but they are fighting for the tourist dollar therefore there are some wonderful and very attractive web sites explaining what there is to see, where the monuments are located, and opening hours! Try here (Spanish):
http://www.romanicozamora.es/
For those perhaps intimidated by the Spanish a partial list may be found here in English:
http://www.spainisculture.com/en/rutas_culturales/el_romanico_de_zamora_y_toro.html
For my fellow Jewish pilgrims and those who perhaps have an interest in Medieval Spain, those city areas where the Jewish community lived in Zamora until 1492 have been highlighted by the Zamora tourist office and may be seen here.
http://www.campanton.com/2014/07/city-of-zamora-signposted-its.html
¿Me? My planned rest day in Astorga will be spent on a bus going to Zamora, an intensive walkabout, and then back the next morning.
http://www.romanicozamora.es/
For those perhaps intimidated by the Spanish a partial list may be found here in English:
http://www.spainisculture.com/en/rutas_culturales/el_romanico_de_zamora_y_toro.html
For my fellow Jewish pilgrims and those who perhaps have an interest in Medieval Spain, those city areas where the Jewish community lived in Zamora until 1492 have been highlighted by the Zamora tourist office and may be seen here.
http://www.campanton.com/2014/07/city-of-zamora-signposted-its.html
¿Me? My planned rest day in Astorga will be spent on a bus going to Zamora, an intensive walkabout, and then back the next morning.