camino-david
RIP 2020
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Caminos Frances (x4), Finisterre, Aragon, Via de la Plata, Portuguese 2011 -2015. Hospitalero 2015
This applies to all Caminos through NW Spain, especially Galacia.
Whilst walking through many villages on a Camino, you may notice horizontal slits in walls about head height. These slits are wider at the front than the back. These are rifle slits enabling the person inside the wall to have a good view up and down the path, whilst protecting the rifleman/woman inside from the enemy. A tragic reminder of the Civil War 80 years ago. When I was a youngster in England during WWII, they were a very familiar sight in any defensive position.
This Forum has covered just about every imaginable topic to do with the Camino, but I have never seen a mention about these wall slits.
Whilst walking through many villages on a Camino, you may notice horizontal slits in walls about head height. These slits are wider at the front than the back. These are rifle slits enabling the person inside the wall to have a good view up and down the path, whilst protecting the rifleman/woman inside from the enemy. A tragic reminder of the Civil War 80 years ago. When I was a youngster in England during WWII, they were a very familiar sight in any defensive position.
This Forum has covered just about every imaginable topic to do with the Camino, but I have never seen a mention about these wall slits.