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This seems overly ambitious to me, but I read that Canfranc Station, that lovely albatross of a train station, will have a new pilgrim center built on its grounds, leaving the sprawling huge building empty except for the little RENFE office on the side. But I guess it would be more expensive to renovate the building than to build new. Architectural drawings in the linked article:
http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/arag...a-puerta-del-camino-santiago-1210139-300.html
EU will pay 65% of the cost, total around 500,000 euros. I don't know what the thinking is here, but maybe it will put the Aragonés in the spotlight and stem the decline in pilgrims. 500,000 euros is surely a lot of money though.
But what will happen with Canfranc station? Is it a classified buiding like in France where many buidings are classified due to their architectural or cultural importance? If this buiding is not protected it will become another ruin.What a pity then!
Canfranc station was indeed protected 6 March 2002 under Spanish law as a BIC.
"La Estación Internacional de Canfranc fue declarada, por el Gobierno de Aragón, Bien de Interés Cultural, en la categoría de Monumento, el 6 de marzo de 2002."
See more here
http://www.patrimonioculturaldearagon.es/bienes-culturales/estacion-internacional-canfranc
I walked this route in May 2018 in a guided walking group from Lourdes. I had an accident and was not able to complete it. In 2019 or 2020 I would like to return and complete it on my own, however it needs markings! Maybe because I was with a guided group I did not see the signs but even we became lost in one place. Between Lourdes and Jaca we saw two pilgrims! There were albergues, not sure how full they were. It is beautiful, want to return and complete it, but am fearful about the lack of markings. The San Salvador had enough markings, why not the Aragonese?
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