CAMINO DE SANTIAGO SERIAL

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO SERIAL

Constantly evolving, this serial property includes a magnificent ensemble of built heritage of historical importance created to fill the needs of pilgrims, including churches, hospitals, hostels, monasteries, calvaries, bridges, and other structures, many of which testify to the artistic and architectural evolution that occurred between the Romanesque and Baroque periods. It was also an important commercial axis and conduit for the dissemination of knowledge, supporting economic and social development along its itineraries. It has facilitated a constant cultural dialogue between the pilgrims and the communities through which they pass. The Route of Santiago has been a meeting place for its pilgrims ever since it emerged some eleven centuries ago. It was not until the 11th century that the Northern Routes were surpassed by the 738-km-long French Route, which was less difficult to traverse and became the primary Way of Saint James across the Iberian peninsula to Compostela. They are directly linked to the discovery of the Apostle’s tomb, and to its promotion by the Kingdom of Asturias. The almost 1500-km-long network of four Northern Routes (Primitive, Coastal, Interior of the Basque Country-La Rioja, and Liébana) are at the origin of the Jacobean pilgrimage. Its discovery was of immense importance for the Christian world, and Compostela soon became a place of Christian pilgrimage comparable in importance to Jerusalem and Rome.

The tomb believed to be that of James the Greater was discovered in Galicia in the 9th century, a period when Spain was dominated by Muslims.

According to Saint Jerome, the apostles were to be interred in the province where each had preached the gospel.

The Route of Santiago de Compostela is an extensive interconnected network of pilgrimage routes in Spain whose ultimate destination is the tomb of the Apostle James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia. También cuenta con algunas de las rutas primigenias de peregrinación a Santiago de Compostela, creadas después de que en el siglo IX se descubriera en el territorio de esta localidad un sepulcro que, según se cree, encierra los restos mortales del apóstol Santiago el Mayor. El bien cultural ampliado posee un rico patrimonio arquitectónico de gran importancia histórica, compuesto por edificios destinados a satisfacer las necesidades materiales y espirituales de los peregrinos: puentes, albergues, hospitales, iglesias y catedrales. Esta extensión comprende una red de cuatro itinerarios de peregrinación cristiana –el Camino costero, el Camino interior del País Vasco y La Rioja, el Camino de Liébana y el Camino primitivo– que suman unos 1.500 kilómetros y atraviesan el norte de la Península Ibérica.

Camino de santiago