Camino de Santiago
Camino Frances
Camino Portugues
Santiago to Finisterre and Muxia
Via de la Plata
Camino Ingles
Camino del Norte
Camino de Madrid
Camino Aragonés
Camino Primitivo
Camino del Salvador
Camino de Levante
The Vézelay Route
The Arles route
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"Santiago" ("Sant Iago") means "St. James", and the city is supposedly the final resting place of the Apostle Saint James the Great, the brother of John. His remains are said to be beneath the altar in the crypt of the cathedral. According to another theory the actual remains in the crypt belong to Priscillian, an ascetic from Ávila who was beheaded as a heretic at Treves, France, in 385 AD, but was venerated as a martyr in Galicia and other parts of northern Spain.

The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
The 1000 year old pilgrimage to the shrine of St James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is known in English as the Way of St. James and in Spanish as the Camino de Santiago. Over 100,000 pilgrims travel to the city each year from points all over Europe.

The Routes
Within Galicia, the Xunta currently recognises 4 'official' routes into Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés (from the east), Camino Inglés (from the north), Camino Portugués (from the south), and Via de la Plata/Camino Sanabrés (from the southeast).

Plus 2 others from the northeast which join the Camino Francés: Camino del Norte, Camino de la Costa and Camino Primitivo.

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