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Jean-Luc
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Levante (2014-2016); Levante to Toledo (2017-2018), to be continued; Fisterra & Muxia (2018);
Last thursday, July 2nd, during the zoom on Levante by Laurie, I named the Camino del Cid, and one participant lady asked about it. As I am not sure that my answer was clear enough (due to my bad english), here are some more information.
This is not a pilgrimage way, but and historical one, which goes along the route that followed Rodrigo Díaz, from Vivar (Burgos), surnamed El Cid. He was a 11th century's knight, and starts his war actions in Vivar, Burgos, and ends in Orihuela, Alicante, after a lot of loops along Castilla-León, Aragon, and the Comunidad Valenciana. His history, and legend, are the object of more than 20 works of theater, opera, and cinema. Maybe the better known is 'El Cid' with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, full of anachronisms and legend..
There is a good explanation about El Cid in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid ,
and the way is very well described in http://www.caminodelcid.org/, with guides and official maps (1/25000)
This way shares segments with other routes, for example the Camino de Levante, the Camino de Sagunto...
It is homologated as GR160.
I join an overall map, and one sample of the maps (IGN) availables on their web.
Buen camino - Jean-luc
This is not a pilgrimage way, but and historical one, which goes along the route that followed Rodrigo Díaz, from Vivar (Burgos), surnamed El Cid. He was a 11th century's knight, and starts his war actions in Vivar, Burgos, and ends in Orihuela, Alicante, after a lot of loops along Castilla-León, Aragon, and the Comunidad Valenciana. His history, and legend, are the object of more than 20 works of theater, opera, and cinema. Maybe the better known is 'El Cid' with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, full of anachronisms and legend..
There is a good explanation about El Cid in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid ,
and the way is very well described in http://www.caminodelcid.org/, with guides and official maps (1/25000)
This way shares segments with other routes, for example the Camino de Levante, the Camino de Sagunto...
It is homologated as GR160.
I join an overall map, and one sample of the maps (IGN) availables on their web.
Buen camino - Jean-luc