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VNwalking
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    • Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners
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    Detailed Planning for Viejo/Olvidado from Pamplona
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    David Tallan
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    • The Song of Roland
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    TerryB
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    David Tallan
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    • The Poem of the Cid
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    Bristle Boy
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    Doughnut NZ
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    • Bronze age burial site in Spain suggests women were among rulers
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    alexwalker
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    • Camino exhibition in Madrid, and coming to Santiago
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    jungleboy
    jungleboy
    C clearly
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    • Romanesque architecture for beginners
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    Rick of Rick and Peg
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    VNwalking
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    • The old roots of the Camino Francés
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    JabbaPapa
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    VNwalking
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    • The apocalypse illustrated - from Santo Domingo de Silos
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    VNwalking
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    • The Story of Portomarín
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    wayfarer
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    dick bird
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    • Old routes in Spain
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    kirkie
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    • history podcasts/audio books?
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    peregrina2000
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    • Industrial site museums on the caminos de Santiago
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    Rebekah Scott
    Rebekah Scott
    EL LECHERO
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    • Camino landmarks, historical sites etc
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    Rick of Rick and Peg
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    jungleboy
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    • Free online course about the camino (in Spanish)
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    jungleboy
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    Kanga
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    • Discovery under the dunes
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    natefaith
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    ivar
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    • Roman roads as a subway map
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    barnettstakeagiantstep
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    David Tallan
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    • Chickpea stew and the Spanish Inquisition
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    JabbaPapa
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    jungleboy
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    • USC Camino Course - Módulo III: La Literatura del Camino
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    jungleboy
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    • USC Camino Course - Módulo II: El Patrimonio Histórico del Camino
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    Canche
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    Pelegrin
  • Tags history maps gps & tracks
    • Roman Roads in Spain and Portugal
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    islandwalker
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    mspath
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    • Medieval Pilgrim died on arrival
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    • 150 Petroglyphs to visit
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    Theatregal
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    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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    kirkie
    kirkie
    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
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    mspath
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    • A new view on the Camino
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    Marbe2
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    mspath
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    • The origin of the name of Santiago de Compostela
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    jungleboy
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    • Alfonso X, the History of Spain, and Medieval Manuscripts
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    lt56ny
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    RENSHAW
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    • Did the pilgrims 1000 years ago walk on or next to the Roman roads?
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    mspath
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    jungleboy
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    • Gothic architecture for beginners
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    NorthernLight
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    mark connolly
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    • An article about the excavation site of Atapuerca, just off the CF
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    peregrina2000
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    • Alcalá del Júcar, a jewel on the Lana
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    peregrina2000
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    JLWV
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    • About the Camino del Cid
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    Anik2001
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    • Short film from 1955
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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
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    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
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    caminka
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    • crucero del santo cristo in molinaseca
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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
    Terry Callery
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    • When was James the Apostle Canonized as a Saint? What were his miracles?
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    Terry Callery
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    • Non-fiction, non-autobiographical books on the Camino
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    VNwalking
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    • Looking for something to listen to? Here's some Spanish history~
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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
    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
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    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
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    ivar
    ivar
    samoht.w
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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
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    • Codex Calixtinus
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    gloria lowe
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    ivar
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    • Botafumeiro from a long time ago
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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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    • The last untouchable in Europe - History of the Cagot People in the Pyrenees
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    kirkie
    kirkie
    Peter Fransiscus
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    • Chromatic history of the Compostela glory
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    Peter Fransiscus
    Peter Fransiscus
    peregrina2000
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    • The "Two Marias" statue
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    t2andreo
    t2andreo
    Peter Fransiscus
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    • The radical change of the sisters Coralia and Maruxa Fandino .
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    t2andreo
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    • What historical evidence exists of Jewish influences on the Camino de Santiago?
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    • The shell
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    KinkyOne
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    • Alcaudete.
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    William Marques
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    • British Museum's collection of medieval badges
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    VNwalking
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    • A Complicated History...and Small Acts of Redemption
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    scruffy1
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    • Camino Portugués History 101
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    minaleigh
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    • Good Historical Sites?
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    kusitb
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    miguel_gp
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    • A brief history of Spain......
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    Peter Fransiscus
    Peter Fransiscus
    JillGat
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    • Ancient history along the Camino?
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    Sheffield James
    Sheffield James
    Jeff Crawley
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    • The oldest scallop shell?
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    Seabird
    Seabird
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    • Brian Sewell (1931-2015), art critic and peregrino
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    Jeff Crawley
    Jeff Crawley
    Kathar1na
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    • A medieval adventure ground?
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    • History of Camino Portugues Interior
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    gracethepilgrim
    gracethepilgrim
    ivar
  • Tags history pilgrims & pilgrimage
    • [photo] Pilgrims from 1954
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    Bajaracer
    Bajaracer
    Priscillian
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    • Locked
    Evidence for St. James, or lack of evidence?
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    Priscillian
    Priscillian
    sillydoll
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    • 7th C Jacobi stone found in Merida
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    sillydoll
    sillydoll
    sillydoll
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    • 1951 Camino Frances Diary
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    Deirdre

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