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JillGat
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    • Roman ruins at foot of Pyrenees?
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    Goyo
    Goyo
    t2andreo
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    • Study indentifies scallop shell history surrounding pilgrims
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    dougfitz
    dougfitz
    jungleboy
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    • NYT: Remains of possible medieval pilgrim shops found in Rome
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    Corned Beef
    Corned Beef
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    • Locked
    How many Camino routes are there?
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    dick bird
    dick bird
    VNwalking
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    • For Kiwis (and lovers of special trees)
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    AlwynWellington
    AlwynWellington
    LavanyaLea
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    • Beautiful video Camino del Norte/Primitivo focusing on history/culture
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    Perambulating Griffin
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    peregrina2000
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    • Industrial site museums on the caminos de Santiago
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    peregrina2000
    peregrina2000
    Bradypus
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    • "Legends of the Camino de Santiago that not all pilgrims know"
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    J Willhaus
    J Willhaus
    Bradypus
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    • Sephardic Jewish memorial centre opens near Castrojeriz
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    Vancouver Rose
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    VNwalking
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    • Sticky
    Detailed Planning for Viejo/Olvidado from Pamplona
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
    C clearly
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    • Acequias - water management
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    peregrina2000
    peregrina2000
    Globetrottingpilgrim2010
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    • What Was The Camino Like Pre-Resurgence in Popularity?
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    JabbaPapa
    JabbaPapa
    mspath
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    • on line Spanish Civil War Museum
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    Matthew_SWilson
    Matthew_SWilson
    C clearly
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    • Romanesque architecture for beginners
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    Rick of Rick and Peg
    Rick of Rick and Peg
    Babyboomergirl
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    • Some historical reading before my camino
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    Kathar1na
    Kathar1na
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    • What historical evidence exists of Jewish influences on the Camino de Santiago?
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    Ultreia et Suseia!
    Ultreia et Suseia!
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    • Did St Francis of Assisi walk the Camino?
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    rappahannock_rev
    rappahannock_rev
    Albertagirl
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    • Information for Oviedo visit, on interesting churches and architecture nearby
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    Wandershot
    Wandershot
    C clearly
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    • Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners
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    Rick of Rick and Peg
    Rick of Rick and Peg
    VNwalking
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    • Ancient churches on the San Salvador, Primitivo, and Via de la Plata
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
    caminka
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    • Diego de Guzman on Camino de Invierno in 1610
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    caminka
    caminka
    Madrood
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    • History brought to the surface in Spain and elsewhere as a consequence of the drought
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    Pelegrin
    Pelegrin
    Matthew_SWilson
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    • Pamplona, 1954
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    lt56ny
    lt56ny
    mspath
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    • Roman Paris
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    sillydoll
    sillydoll
    JLWV
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    • About the Camino del Cid
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    Sunopo
    Sunopo
    Madrood
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    • New article in the Guardian about easily missed and very accessible architectural feature of SdC
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
    Terry Callery
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    • Locked
    When was James the Apostle Canonized as a Saint? What were his miracles?
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    C clearly
    C clearly
    rappahannock_rev
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    • Peninsular War Memorials
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    Blister Bill
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    HeyRobin
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    • What is a pilgrim hospital?
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    mspath
    mspath
    RENSHAW
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    • Did the pilgrims 1000 years ago walk on or next to the Roman roads?
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    mspath
    mspath
    David Tallan
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    • Medieval "credencials"
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    Kathar1na
    Kathar1na
    Madrood
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    • Medieval camino graffiti in Germany?
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    Kathy F.
    Kathy F.
    Annette london
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    • Pilgrimage, another series on BBC2
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    Annette london
    Annette london
    JabbaPapa
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    • Concepts of Time on the Mediaeval Way of Saint James
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    alexwalker
    alexwalker
    Icacos
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    • Why is it called the Route Napoléon
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    Icacos
    Icacos
    David Tallan
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    • The Song of Roland
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    TerryB
    TerryB
    David Tallan
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    • The Poem of the Cid
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    Bristle Boy
    Bristle Boy
    DoughnutANZ
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    • Bronze age burial site in Spain suggests women were among rulers
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    alexwalker
    alexwalker
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    • Camino exhibition in Madrid, and coming to Santiago
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    jungleboy
    jungleboy
    VNwalking
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    • The old roots of the Camino Francés
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    JabbaPapa
    JabbaPapa
    VNwalking
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    • The apocalypse illustrated - from Santo Domingo de Silos
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
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    • The Story of Portomarín
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    wayfarer
    wayfarer
    dick bird
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    • Old routes in Spain
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    Former member 49149
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    • history podcasts/audio books?
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    HaveringRob
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    EL LECHERO
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    • Camino landmarks, historical sites etc
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    Rick of Rick and Peg
    Rick of Rick and Peg
    jungleboy
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    • Free online course about the camino (in Spanish)
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    jungleboy
    jungleboy
    Kanga
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    • Discovery under the dunes
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    natefaith
    natefaith
    ivar
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    • Roman roads as a subway map
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    barnettstakeagiantstep
    barnettstakeagiantstep
    David Tallan
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    • Chickpea stew and the Spanish Inquisition
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    JabbaPapa
    JabbaPapa
    jungleboy
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    • USC Camino Course - Módulo III: La Literatura del Camino
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    muddy-mama
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    jungleboy
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    • USC Camino Course - Módulo II: El Patrimonio Histórico del Camino
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    Canche
    Canche
    Pelegrin
  • Tags history phones/apps/gps/maps
    • Roman Roads in Spain and Portugal
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    islandwalker
    islandwalker
    mspath
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    • Medieval Pilgrim died on arrival
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    yolanda Mejia
    yolanda Mejia
    mspath
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    • 150 Petroglyphs to visit
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    Theatregal
    Theatregal
    sillydoll
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    • Camino Frances Certificates.
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    Dromengro
    Dromengro
    sillydoll
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    • The first virtual museum in the world will be the Camino de Santiago
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    MichaelC
    MichaelC
    MisterH
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    • Origin of the yellow arrows
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    alexwalker
    alexwalker
    jungleboy
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    • USC Camino Course - Módulo I: La Historia Del Camino
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    Former member 49149
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    jungleboy
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    • Best Islamic Architecture on the Camino
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    Pelegrin
    Pelegrin
    peregrina2000
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    • If you start in Almería.....
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    islandwalker
    islandwalker
    mspath
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    • A new view on the Camino
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    Marbe2
    Marbe2
    mspath
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    • The origin of the name of Santiago de Compostela
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    mspath
    mspath
    jungleboy
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    • Alfonso X, the History of Spain, and Medieval Manuscripts
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    lt56ny
    lt56ny
    jungleboy
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    • Gothic architecture for beginners
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    NorthernLight
    NorthernLight
    mark connolly
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    • An article about the excavation site of Atapuerca, just off the CF
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    Allyson Hughes
    Allyson Hughes
    peregrina2000
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    • Alcalá del Júcar, a jewel on the Lana
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    peregrina2000
    peregrina2000
    Anik2001
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    • Short film from 1955
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    japes
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    peregrina2000
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    • Uproar over the renovations of San Marcos (the parador in León)
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
    peregrina2000
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    • Castles in Spain (many on a camino)
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    OzAnnie
    OzAnnie
    Paladina
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    • An Irish medieval pilgrim memento
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    jsalt
    jsalt
    caminka
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    • crucero del santo cristo in molinaseca
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    mlhhome
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    VNwalking
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    • A resource if you are interested in prehistory of any of the caminos
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    caminka
    caminka
    Felipe
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    • A Visigoth necropolis found near Grañón and the Camino
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    Kathar1na
    Kathar1na
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    • Non-fiction, non-autobiographical books on the Camino
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    Deleted member 76633
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    VNwalking
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    • Looking for something to listen to? Here's some Spanish history~
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    islandwalker
    islandwalker
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    • Understanding Dragonte - The Ultimate Templar Tribute
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    SuperPilgrim
    SuperPilgrim
    RENSHAW
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    • What did pilgrims eat 1000 years ago? - do share simple recipes
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    Adrian Harding 65
    Adrian Harding 65
    RENSHAW
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    • Vintage postcard views of Viana.
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    AlwynWellington
    AlwynWellington
    Friend from Barquinha
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    • General Camino/Caminho history from the Spanish Post Office
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    OTH86
    OTH86
    David
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    • 1648 Camino map showing pilgrims
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    VNwalking
    VNwalking
    SacredSteps
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    • Where are the apostles of Jesus buried?
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    rappahannock_rev
    rappahannock_rev
    jungleboy
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    • Pilgrimages of Queen Isabel and others on the CP
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    Friend from Barquinha
    Friend from Barquinha
    VNwalking
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    • Locked
    If you are interested in Spanish history, check this out
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    ivar
    ivar
    Old Hillwalker
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    • Prehistoria along a very old Camino route (first millennium)
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    Beeman
    Beeman
    MarkyD
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    • History documentary (in Spanish) about the region of El Bierzo
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    Pelegrin
    Pelegrin
    pitztop
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    • Does anyone know what the origin and story is surrounding the tradition of walking to Fisterra & Muxía after arriving in Santiago de Compostela?
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    David Tallan
    David Tallan
    scruffy1
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    • History Time - The Cathedral in Santiago
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    scruffy1
    scruffy1
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    • On-line course on Gothic Cathedrals - free
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    LisaAnn
    LisaAnn
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    • Codex Calixtinus
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    gloria lowe
    gloria lowe
    ivar
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    • Botafumeiro from a long time ago
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    Former member 69452
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    ShelleyW
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    • Tell me about the Monasteries along the Camino Francés
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    Anthony18
    Anthony18
    peregrina2000
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    • Medieval Monuments on the Camino(s)
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    Albertagirl
    Albertagirl
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    • The last untouchable in Europe - History of the Cagot People in the Pyrenees
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    Former member 49149
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    Peter Fransiscus
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    • Chromatic history of the Compostela glory
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    Peter Fransiscus
    Peter Fransiscus
    Peter Fransiscus
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    • The radical change of the sisters Coralia and Maruxa Fandino .
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    t2andreo
    t2andreo
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    • The shell
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    Anemone del Camino
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    KinkyOne
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    • Alcaudete.
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    William Marques
    William Marques
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    • British Museum's collection of medieval badges
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    stevenjarvis
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    VNwalking
  • Tags history
    • A Complicated History...and Small Acts of Redemption
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    Castilian
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    scruffy1
  • Tags history
    • Camino Portugués History 101
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