Religious Tourism: The Way to Santiago

CHAPTER 3 THE WAY TO SANTIAGO
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3.3.6 English Way
The European pilgrims that travelled by ship to the northern coast of the Iberian
Peninsula, especially the British, disembarked in A Coruña or Ferrol, after heading
for Compostela along the routes shown in the map. In the Appendix 6, further
information about the stages of the English Way is given.
Map 3.3.7 English Way
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3.3.7 Silver way
The Via de la Plata is longest Jacobean route, as a prolongation of the Roman road
that crossed the western Iberian Peninsula from south to north, linking the cities of
Emerita Augusta, in Merida, and Asturica Augusta, in Astorga. After the conquest of
Seville and Cordoba in the 13 th century, the Silver road was spontaneously reused by
Jacobean pilgrims from Andalusia and Extremadura. Some continued as far as
Astorga, joining the French Way. Others headed towards Compostela via the route
from Puebla de Sanabria to Ourense, which was shorter and straighter, while some
crossed northeast Portugal and entered the south of Ourense province towards Verin.
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