A stroll to Burgos from Los Arcos

[Glenshiro]

I'm taking this slowly (I started in Le Puy in 2012) and I'll be picking up where I left off in June '17 - in 37 degrees! Hoping it will be cooler in April.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

Splendid walk! Very much worth taking slowly!

Do not neglect the Church of the Assumption in Navarette, or Sta. Maria la Real in Najera, or the Monasterio de Las Huelgas in Burgos. Stunners, every one!

 

[Glenshiro]

Thanks for the tips - one reason this trip has taken so long has been the number of beautiful medieval churches in France, many of which would repay at least half a day to explore. Loved the church in Los Arcos. Visited Burgos cathedral some years ago - surprised to see a memorial to Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera incised on the outside.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

I've seen other memorials to Jose Antonio along the way, but missed this one in Burgos. Just the sort of thing I love to stumble across! Thanks for the tip.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

And if you're really going slowly....

I've read some very interesting things about the Basilica de Santa Maria de los Arcos in Tricio -- a few short klicks south of the CF, just before you get to Najera....Worth a detour, I suspect, but I've never yet encountered anyone who's actually gone there.

Check it out?

http://www.antiquorumetpraesentis.c...in-tricio-la-rioja-spain-nvrp-update-8142014/

 

[Glenshiro]

Fascinating - thanks for the tip. I've got a short day after Najera, so I'll try to find the time to visit

 

[navarro]

Splendid walk! Very much worth taking slowly!

Do not neglect the Church of the Assumption in Navarette, or Sta. Maria la Real in Najera, or the Monasterio de Las Huelgas in Burgos. Stunners, every one!

Splendid walk! Very much worth taking slowly!

Do not neglect the Church of the Assumption in Navarette, or Sta. Maria la Real in Najera, or the Monasterio de Las Huelgas in Burgos. Stunners, every one!

You need lots of time to enjoy the medioeval art in that area. Sto sepulcro in Torres del Río, Sta Maria de la Asunción in Viana, Sta María de Palacio and San Bartolomé in Logroño.... Sta María de Arcos in Tricio (Praerromanic). Yo can take the variant to San Millán de la Cogolla Suso (visigotic and preromanic) and Yuso monasteries......

 

[rappahannock_rev]

Ah yes! San Bartolome in Logrono! The tympanum and and jambs are favorites! Especially the depiction of the saint, having been skinned alive by Astiages, throwing his skin over his shoulder and marching off, leaving Astiges to tear his clothes in rage! What's not to like?!

Most peregrinos neglect Logrono. Most, I'm certain, never check out San Bartolome, or the Michelangelo hanging in the Cathedral..... I don't understand it. There's more to Logrono than rioja and tapas!