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Convention in Burgos 2014

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October 13, 2013•14:52

Burgos 2014 will host International Congress Camino de Santiago

Burgos will host in October 2014 the International Congress of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago in an attempt to "recapture the essence of the French way", announced the president of the association Burgos, Jesus Aguirre.

Speaking to EFE, Burgos Aguirre explained that towered over the other candidate city Málaga and, in his view, the international federation of associations praised the "essence" of the French way in a moment in which "it seems that since all sites will reach Santiago de Compostela ".

Aguirre has detailed the congress, which is held every three years, will be held in Burgos in mid-October of 2014 and, although not yet closed the program, estimates that about 150 people will participate in various associations and also of "scientific relevance" to address various issues Jacobean.

Besides the international conference on subsequent days will also be held in Burgos Associations annual meeting of the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

The Burgos association president made the announcement after the balance Pilgrim Shelter Cube House have passed by so far this year 26,653 people, nearly a thousand more than the previous year, making them calculate that widely exceed 29,550 in 2013.

In that vein, has detailed the prevalence remains international pilgrims, as two out of three from other countries, with the Germans, French and Italians as the most numerous, but there are also further afield as the USA and Korea South.

With respect to the national level, the Catalan pilgrims were again the most numerous with 1,972 of 7,276 pilgrims from the different Spanish regions.

Aguirre explained that the motivations are very different from the more traditional, linked to religion, who travel the road as a way to see different places and be in contact with nature.

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