Lirsy
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Primitivo, Norte, Francés, Volunteer Hospitalero.
The opening of the 120th Holy Year will be on 12/31/2020. I plan to start in SJPdP on 11/25 or 11/24 in order to arrive to SdC on 12/30 and still count with a couple of days to rest somewhere if needed.
This ceremony doesn´t happen every year (latest one was on 2010 and the next one will be on 2027). A Holy Year is when the festivity of Santiago (25 July) is Sunday, 2020 is a Holy Year and the opening ceremony takes place on the evening of the 31 December of the previos year. The ceremony starts with the demolition of the brick wall that closes the Holly Door.
This will be my first time at SJPdP, I have always started the Camino Frances in Roncesvalles and, even if Napoleon's route is closed on those dates, I really want to walk that stage!
As the latest possible arrival date to SdC is mandatory (30 Dec) and taking into consideration that it will be a winter Camino, counting with some few extra days, looks like a good idea.
This ceremony doesn´t happen every year (latest one was on 2010 and the next one will be on 2027). A Holy Year is when the festivity of Santiago (25 July) is Sunday, 2020 is a Holy Year and the opening ceremony takes place on the evening of the 31 December of the previos year. The ceremony starts with the demolition of the brick wall that closes the Holly Door.
This will be my first time at SJPdP, I have always started the Camino Frances in Roncesvalles and, even if Napoleon's route is closed on those dates, I really want to walk that stage!
As the latest possible arrival date to SdC is mandatory (30 Dec) and taking into consideration that it will be a winter Camino, counting with some few extra days, looks like a good idea.
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