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    • How many pilgrims walked Camino de Santiago in the Middle Ages, Medieval times? Was it really 500 000 per year?
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    • Music that Takes You Back to Your Camino
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    Best language school for over 60s in Spain
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    The Camino in the Media
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    Ultreia et Suseia!
    Camino movies!
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    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?
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    Kirkie
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    • Not quite culture, but can't see a section for a recipe
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    Gadflyparexcellence
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    • The Intriguing Story behind the Cross of Santiago in Velazquez's Artwork
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    JGJ
    Name translation on Compostela
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    LongRun64
    Unexpected but welcome Camino reminder
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    1951 documentary on the Camino
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    mspath
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    JabbaPapa
    Happy St James Day !!
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    islandwalker
    Roman baths in Merida
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    Globetrottingpilgrim2010
    Europe's iconic churches struggle to accommodate worship and tourism
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    El Cascayal
    Acequias, ancient Moorish canals, solution for modern drought
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    • Monasteries in Spain
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    J Willhaus
    Madrid version of Pridefest 2023
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    Outbuildings in farm houses
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    • Codex Calixtinus
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    good_old_shoes
    German TV documentary - Camino by bike 1984
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    ShoshTrvls
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    • Horseback Riding and Walking the Camino: Qualifying for Compostela
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    • translation for allergy to meat
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    peregrina2000
    Need help from Roman experts
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    David Tallan
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    donalomahony
    Interesting piece of Irish Camino history (1521)
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    Kirkie
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    ginniek
    Camino-Related Recipe
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    ginniek
    David Tallan
    "Tapas actually Spanish for 'not enough food' confirms Spain"
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    • Beginner's Guide to Spanish History and Architecture
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    Beautiful Camino song
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    philleethomas
    Fundraiser concert in Granada for the asociation Jacobea
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    • A new major museum in Madrid
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    • Industrial site museums on the caminos de Santiago
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    • Choirs
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    • Roman architecture for beginners
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    mspath
    Iron staples found in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris
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    Seeking recommendations for language school in Madrid
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    • Language app
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    Notre-Dame, Paris: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024
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    • Enhance Your Camino Experience with Online Spanish Classes
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    • How to address other Spanish speakers, Formal or Informal?
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    A common artefact?
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    Kirkie
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    SeñorJacques
    Has anyone come across any of these mythical beasts of the Iberian peninsula?
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    Extra Santiago Cathedral roof tour ticket?
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    ButchFeldhaus
    St. Pope John Paul II visit to Santiago, 1989 - What is the staff in this photo?
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    BlackRocker57
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    Fr. Richard Rohr on Tourist vs. Pilgrim
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    mspath
    Notre Dame de Paris re-contruction expo, opens March 7, 2023
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  • Tags mass/church services
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    David Tallan
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    • Wealth in stone: building activity of the viscounts of Bearne on the pilgrimage roads of the Atlantic Pyrenees (c. 1063-c.1130)
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    David Tallan
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    • What is Your Marching Music
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    Tarta de Santiago en México?
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    • Live folk music by locals?
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    • How do you manage to overcome your language learning laziness?
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    Bradypus
    New book on the history of food and drink on the Camino: ‘Pucheros y zurrones. Gastronomía en el Camino de Santiago’
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    FisterraWalker
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    • Locked
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    JohnLloyd
    Was Europe made on the Camino?
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    El Cascayal
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    • Seeking advice about participating in Easter week celebrations in Spain.
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    New Podcast on the History of the Camino, by John Seasholtz
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    OLDBIKERIDER
    Discovering Sacred Geometry in Camino Art and Architecture: Free Online Meeting
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    • Sculpture- What does this one represent? Photo taken outside of Sarria, located on municipal property.
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