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Villafranca del Bierzo:
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The old Portomarín, before it was flooded and rebuilt on higher grounds:
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Wonderful photos Yoyo thank you for sharing them with other digital readers. What is the title of that book published in 1964?
Yoyo,@mspath In case you are interested in older publications on art and pilgrimage, this is the bibliography taken from the aforementioned book:
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Thanks so much for sharing - loved looking at themVillafranca del Bierzo:
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The old Portomarín, before it was flooded and rebuilt on higher grounds:
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These are lovely and very meaningful--thank you!!In my parents' library, I came across a book (published in 1964) on romanesque art along the pilgrimage routes through France and Spain and thought I'd share a few of the pictures taken along the Camino Francés. While the art itself probably looks very much the same as it did 50+ years ago, the towns and villages have changed over the years, so those are the pictures I thought you might enjoy.
Saint Jean Pied de Port:
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Valcarlos route:
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Ruins of San Salvador de Ibañeta:
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Yoyo,
Thank you for this bibliographic info. Perhaps there is an online copy of the book by Vera and Hellmut Hell to peruse. Do you know if they took the photos? Those black and white shots are so very evocative of a time that truly has disappeared.
Updated info. Later paperback versions also published by Verlag Wasmuth are available for sale on line.
POST MORE!!Villafranca del Bierzo:
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I bought a used hard cover, English edition this morning. Can’t wait.Yoyo,
Thank you for this bibliographic info. Perhaps there is an online copy of the book by Vera and Hellmut Hell to peruse. Do you know if they took the photos? Those black and white shots are so very evocative of a time that truly has disappeared.
Updated info. Later paperback versions also published by Verlag Wasmuth are available for sale on line.
Great pics...I feel so blessed to have have taken part of this spiritual adventure. Thank youVillafranca del Bierzo:
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Found a retired library version on Amazon for next to nothing. It has usual library markings and a few random marks. The pictures are incredible and the authors include information on the pictures and the history. I’ve always loved historical pictures of places I’ve been, it was a very different world/Spain/ Camino. There must be more pictures somewhere. If you can find a copy, I highly recommend you grab it.Juspassinthrough, please tell me more about the English edition.
I have so enjoyed these photos they represent an essence of a bygone era that is still very much alive in our pilgrim heart , thank you!Villafranca del Bierzo:
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Thanks so much and thanks some more!!
Well than I am thankful for the ones that you shared. Stay safe.There are too many pictures (170 in total) to copy, sorry. Most are of the artwork you can find along the camino (in France as well as Spain), and I would guess the artwork itself hasn't changed much over the years. That's why I chose to post just the ones of the Camino Francés where you can get an idea of how some towns looked 60+ years ago. Glad you enjoyed them.
And the pilgrims themselves could be a pretty tough bunch: there were so many stabbings of pilgrims by pilgrims in the cathedral of Santiago (probably brought on by heavy drinking during feast days) that normal church functions were regularly interrupted because of the constant need to reconsecrate the church each time blood was shed within it, something that caused one medieval pope to grant Santiago the special privilege of an unusually brief reconsecration blessing.
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And probably only a few today.Burgos, 1911.
And not a car in sight!
Found this on YouTube! Burgos, 1911.
And not a car in sight!
Especially in bad situation was Galicia. In 1970 it took 10 h minimum to drive from Madrid to Coruña (600 kms). Especially complicated and dangerous was the stretch Villafranca - Pedrafita do Cebreiro (PIedrafita del Cebrero at that time).What amazed me is that so many of the roads have been improved. Thank you for the scans and information.
Marvellous! Donkeys have disappeared from Spain over the course of my lifetime. The first time I visited, in the late 1970s, they were common.
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