Efter ett söndagsbesök av Robert & Carina, med god mat och snack, tog jag och bytte om, för att göra mitt träningspass på löpbandet.

42-minuter i tempot 6:30 avverkades i ett svettigt och varmt rum.

Efter detta pass, fick jag det sista vykortet från Camino de Santiago och beskedet om att jag var klar med utmaningen.

Congratulations, you have travelled in the footsteps of the early pilgrims and the many that followed throughout the Middle Ages. A journey deep in rich history, architectural diversity and stunning landscapes.

Now that you have reached the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the final UNESCO site on the Camino Frances, be sure to explore its mixed Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque structure. Building began in 1075 and took 136 years to complete. It is 100m long (330ft), 70m wide (230ft) and 75m high (246ft), with a seating capacity of 1200 people.

The cathedral was built atop one of Jesus’ disciple’s tombs, St James the Great, and it is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese Santiago de Compostela. Relics of St James were discovered in 1879, and once authenticated, they were buried in the crypt beneath the altar alongside two of his disciples, St Theodorus and St Athanasius. 

Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia, and the city’s old town was designated a UNESCO site in 1985. Aside from the Cathedral, some of the major sites to visit are: the neoclassical palace Pazo de Raxoi, the highly decorative baroque Abbey of San Martin Pinario, one of the world’s oldest universities still in operation University of Santiago de Compostela and the highly modern and contoured City Culture of Galicia (a complex of cultural buildings).

774 km avverkade sedan lördagen den 13 april 2024!