The Castilla Canal
Pilgrims who make the Camino de Santiago between Burgos and León undoubtedly know Frómista, a small town known for the famous Romanesque church of San Martín, and they also know the canal along which the Camino passes in the kilometers before arriving at said town. Said channel, the Canal de Castilla, […]
San Juan de Ortega and the miracle of light
Of all the places that the pilgrim finds along the Camino de Santiago, few have a more special meaning than the monastery of San Juan de Ortega, in the province of Burgos. Built by the saint of the same name, the monument has been associated with the Jacobean pilgrimage since its foundation. […]
The legend of Eunate and Olcoz
As we already mentioned when talking about the church of Santa María de Eunate, in the nearby village of Olcoz there is a church with a portico practically identical to the first one. This fact, unprecedented in Romanesque art, has given rise to several legends. Here we will tell one of them. It is said that the portico […]
San Millán de la Cogolla, cradle of the Spanish language
Along the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim can find all kinds of religious monuments (churches, monasteries, hermitages...), testimony to the centuries of history and tradition that this route has given. Among them, however, the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla is special, since it has the honor of […]
