Field made out to look like a world map

[Tony Bobcat]

Hello everyone
I walked with a lady last May who told me of a field on the Camino that was made to look like a world map.
Does it still exists and where exactly is it. Cheers Tony

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Hello everyone
I walked with a lady last May who told me of a field on the Camino that was made to look like a world map.
Does it still exists and where exactly is it. Cheers Tony

I walked the Frances route in mid April 2015 and saw the lovely, large world map made from various vegetation, located on the downhill after leaving the hilltop village of Cirauqui. It was awesome. I walked the route again at the same time this past spring, 2017. I was with newbie family members, telling them excitedly that we would be coming upon the map soon...but unfortunately it was not planted this year. Very dissappointing.

 

[mspath]

If you Google the terms world map Cirauqui you can see earlier pictures of the field.

 

[peregrina2000]

I had never seen that, but I did a little googling and it is pretty amazing, kind of like the Nazca lines of the Camino.

Turns out it was made from old tires in honor of World Environment Day in 2012.

After the tires went in, there was planting, I guess inside the tires. The guy interviewed on the youtube said that it would be moved in several years, but he didn't say where it would go!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I had never seen that, but I did a little googling and it is pretty amazing, kind of like the Nazca lines of the Camino.

Turns out it was made from old tires in honor of World Environment Day in 2012.

After the tires went in, there was planting, I guess inside the tires. The guy interviewed on the youtube said that it would be moved in several years, but he didn't say where it would go!

Very interesting...thanks for sharing that, Laurie!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

My map photo taken in April 2015.

 

[MaryLynn]

I, too, was disappointed to see that the map had not be planted this year. It was always amazing to see the world in the field when you came upon it.

 

[peregrina2000]

This article says that it was dismantled in Nov. 2016, and that all 1,000 used tires would be recycled.

So I guess the earlier statement about moving it somewhere else was aspirational rather than definitive. Wish I had seen it.

http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/20...a-cinco-anos-despues-el-mapamundi-de-cirauqui

 

[Firewood]

I had never seen that, but I did a little googling and it is pretty amazing, kind of like the Nazca lines of the Camino.

Turns out it was made from old tires in honor of World Environment Day in 2012.

After the tires went in, there was planting, I guess inside the tires. The guy interviewed on the youtube said that it would be moved in several years, but he didn't say where it would go!

Love that the song they use is "We Are the World".

 

[Theatregal]

I took this one in September 2012. Would have loved to see it planted!

 

[Tony Bobcat]

I walked the Frances route in mid April 2015 and saw the lovely, large world map made from various vegetation, located on the downhill after leaving the hilltop village of Cirauqui. It was awesome. I walked the route again at the same time this past spring, 2017. I was with newbie family members, telling them excitedly that we would be coming upon the map soon...but unfortunately it was not planted this year. Very dissappointing.

Great photo Camino Chris, thanks for sharing.

 

[Tony Bobcat]

If you Google the terms world map Cirauqui you can see earlier pictures of the field.

Thanks for your help mspath

 

[Tony Bobcat]

I had never seen that, but I did a little googling and it is pretty amazing, kind of like the Nazca lines of the Camino.

Turns out it was made from old tires in honor of World Environment Day in 2012.

After the tires went in, there was planting, I guess inside the tires. The guy interviewed on the youtube said that it would be moved in several years, but he didn't say where it would go!

Thanks for sharing that video peregrina2000, at least I know what Audrey was talking about. It looks amazing

 

[Tony Bobcat]

I took this one in September 2012. Would have loved to see it planted!

Great photo Theatregal,shame I never got a chance to see it.

 

[Tony Bobcat]

Love that the song they use is "We Are the World".

Great song Firewood

 

[Tony Bobcat]

I, too, was disappointed to see that the map had not be planted this year. It was always amazing to see the world in the field when you came upon it.

Hi Marilynn, so was the map there this year because I must have walked right past it.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I took this one in September 2012. Would have loved to see it planted!

That is a gorgeous picture! It is even prettier in the fall with no plantings than the one I submitted with foliage!

 

[Theatregal]

That is a gorgeous picture! It is even prettier in the fall with no plantings than the one I submitted with foliage!

Really like your photo! Until I saw it, I didn't know that in spring and summer, it was planted.

 

[trecile]

I read somewhere, maybe here on the forum that the map was not longer there. I was disappointed not to see it again.

Here it is last August:

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

April 23th. 2015.

Wish you all well,Peter.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

What a great thread this is with the interesting video, and the photos as each one shows a little different perspective of the map. A big thanks to the OP for starting it with a question!

 

[Cayou]

Way Cool! Glad I made it by on a very hot August day last year. Thanks all for sharing this and it's nice to know the 'story' behind it. Now, I'm missing it!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Way Cool! Glad I made it by on a very hot August day last year. Thanks all for sharing this and it's nice to know the 'story' behind it. Now, I'm missing it!

Me too, missing it!

 

[Phil Smith]

I thought I'd seen the field this year. Turns out it was our first leg on 31 July 2016. Shame it's gone. Nice to see so many had that serendipitous moment of walking along quite happily to suddenly see this.

 

[JanedS]

This was taken in May 2016

 

[DanielH]

I had never seen that, but I did a little googling and it is pretty amazing, kind of like the Nazca lines of the Camino.

Turns out it was made from old tires in honor of World Environment Day in 2012.

After the tires went in, there was planting, I guess inside the tires. The guy interviewed on the youtube said that it would be moved in several years, but he didn't say where it would go!

Thanks for sharing the YouTube video link. I saw this feature in 2016 and for some reason it popped into my head this morning. I was wondering why we never see photos or references to for the map and now I know why as it was removed.

 

[mark connolly]

Walked by it in January of 2020, it wasn't there. Don't know if they moved it or if plan on replanting it etc.

 

[trecile]

Walked by it in January of 2020, it wasn't there. Don't know if they moved it or if plan on replanting it etc.

It was there in 2016, was gone by 2017

 

[MaryLynn]

I heard, from this forum I think, that the farmers had agreed to leave the map in place for five years, then remove it. I miss it! Apparently it was a lot of work to maintain.

 

[trecile]

I heard, from this forum I think, that the farmers had agreed to leave the map in place for five years, then remove it. I miss it! Apparently it was a lot of work to maintain.

Yes, I can imagine that it was a lot of work!

 

[DoughnutANZ]

View attachment 36907 My map photo taken in April 2015.

It is incomplete!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

It is incomplete!

I hadn't noticed that before, but you are correct as there is no NZ....blame the farmer!

 

[DoughnutANZ]

I hadn't noticed that before, but you are correct as there is no NZ....blame the farmer!

Sometimes it is good to be inconspicuous, it means that we can get on and do stuff without being noticed. BTW, had you noticed how NZ is changing the world?

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Sometimes it is good to be inconspicuous, it means that we can get on and do stuff without being noticed. BTW, had you noticed how NZ is changing the world?

Not specifically, except many around the world admire Jacinda.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Not specifically, except many around the world admire Jacinda.

Ah, excellent, it is working then

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It is incomplete!

I hadn't noticed that before, but you are correct as there is no NZ....blame the farmer!

Don't blame the farmer; he couldn't find anything pretty enough to plant there.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Don't blame the farmer; he couldn't find anything pretty enough to plant there.

I know! NZ is lush and beautiful...a hard act to follow.