Ichthys bollards

[Richard of York]

Hey all, I'm a day into the Camino Inglés out of Ferrol and often (but not always) I see other bollards with a Christian Ichthys / fish symbol, and the mileage (kilometrage?) is a lot less than to Santiago. I assume this is another pilgrimage, like on the Portuguese you see blue arrows in the opposite direction pointing to Fatima.

Sorry no photo, but the bollards look newer than the standard Galician Santiago ones.

Does anyone know?

 

[miguel_gp]

It may be the marker for the pilgrimage route to Santo André de Teixido

More detail here https://www.turismo.gal/que-facer/santuarios-maxicos/a-viaxe-dos-tres-desexos?langId=en_US

 

[miguel_gp]

@Richard of York Was it this style?

 

[Richard of York]

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@Richard of York Was it this style?

exactly!

 

[miguel_gp]

exactly!

Then our work here is done

 

[Richard of York]

Y buena noche.

 

[Bradypus]

San Andres de Teixido is a fascinating place with its own unique traditions and mythology. Well worth a visit. I started a walk to Santiago from there in 2018 and had the good fortune to be blessed by the parish priest and shown the relic of the apostle Andrew held in the church there. It added something to the journey to begin and end at the shrines of two apostles!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It may be the marker for the pilgrimage route to Santo André de Teixido

More detail here https://www.turismo.gal/que-facer/santuarios-maxicos/a-viaxe-dos-tres-desexos?langId=en_US

For those curious about the fish but not having the time to follow the link here is a quote from the webpage:

The original road to Santo André is marked with the symbol of a fish (symbolising the sardine that the saint ate during his journey) ...

 

[Bert45]

The fish is also a Christian symbol because the initial letters of ' Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour, made ICHTHYS.

 

[wayfarer]

What is the origin of the Christian fish symbol?

A closer look at the ancient Ichthys

www.christianitytoday.com

 

[Rebekah Scott]

The gallegos say "if you don't make the pilgrimage to San Andres in this life, you'll have to make it in the next!"

 

[kirkie]

For those curious about the fish but not having the time to follow the link here is a quote from the webpage:

The original road to Santo André is marked with the symbol of a fish (symbolising the sardine that the saint ate during his journey) ...

Just one sardine? ...@Bert45 has a more familiar (for me) version.