- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 1977 by train. Many since then by foot. Next one ASAP.
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There is also a memorial in that garden to an English Priest who I believe died while walking the CaminoJust outside Astorga, on the left side of the Frances route to El Ganso and Rabanal and very near the Ecce Homo ermita, a Memorial Garden was established c2015 in the wake of the murder of Denise Thiem. A maple tree was planted there in her memory, I believe.....
What is the current status/condition of that Garden?
One reason must surely be that some entrepreneur has set up business there. The grove had originally been been marked Pilgrims Memorial Grove on Google Maps but someone got Google to switch titles and remove @Rebekah Scott's website.Lots of Pilgrims getting stamps at the small chapel nearby but no one really seemed aware of the Memorial Grove sadly.
The majority of the pictures displayed under that link have not been taken at the memorial site after Astorga, but rather at "La Casa de los Dioses", that lovely donativo rest/food place before Astorga.One reason must surely be that some entrepreneur has set up business there. The grove had originally been been marked Pilgrims Memorial Grove on Google Maps but someone got Google to switch titles and remove @Rebekah Scott's website.
The grove changed from a memorial to a picnic area called
ÁREA DE DESCANSO PARA PEREGRINOS
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Thank you. I had missed La Casa de los Dioses on our camino so I wasn't aware of it and I haven't ever seen the actual Pilgrims Memorial Grove as Denise had only recently died when I passed the area. I do notice the La Casa de los Dioses sign in one of the pictures now.The majority of the pictures displayed under that link have not been taken at the memorial site after Astorga, but rather at "La Casa de los Dioses", that lovely donativo rest/food place before Astorga.
As already mentioned, someone made the mistake of putting his photos of the Casa de los Dioses near the Ecco Homo area on Google Maps but that is wrong: Ecco Homo is on the Camino Francés after Astorga while La Casa de los Dioses is before Astorga.The grove changed from a memorial to a picnic area called ÁREA DE DESCANSO PARA PEREGRINOS
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I visited the Memory tree at May 14th 2022.Just outside Astorga, on the left side of the Frances route to El Ganso and Rabanal and very near the Ecce Homo ermita, a Memorial Garden was established c2015 in the wake of the murder of Denise Thiem. A maple tree was planted there in her memory, I believe.....
What is the current status/condition of that Garden?
I recall stopping at Ecce Homo Ermita but I reckon somehow missed the Memorial Garden.Just outside Astorga, on the left side of the Frances route to El Ganso and Rabanal and very near the Ecce Homo ermita, a Memorial Garden was established c2015 in the wake of the murder of Denise Thiem. A maple tree was planted there in her memory, I believe.....
What is the current status/condition of that Garden?
The site you gave directions to is located between Hospital de Órbigo and Astorga, not after Astorga. I’m not sure where the memorial grove is but I think the original poster said it was after Astorga.One reason must surely be that some entrepreneur has set up business there. The grove had originally been been marked Pilgrims Memorial Grove on Google Maps but someone got Google to switch titles and remove @Rebekah Scott's website.
The grove changed from a memorial to a picnic area called
ÁREA DE DESCANSO PARA PEREGRINOS
Google Maps
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.maps.app.goo.gl
I do too. We first intended this to be a park of trees, but the memorial plaques interfered with the roots... and the park maintenance guys objected to the complicated mowing required.I think a tree is a wonderful memorial.
Yes., we paid our respects the day before you Caryn.I visited the garden this morning and was happy to have a chance to light a candle in the Ermita del Ecce Homo in remembrance of Denise.
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