El Camino de Santiago

"Herru Sanctiagu, Grot Sanctiagu. E Ultreia, e sus eia, Deus adjuva nos..."

The Cockle Shell icon will return you to this Home Page The Map icon will take you to a clickable map of the Camino The UCLA icon will take you to the Course Syllabus for Spanish 122 Join an Internet Discussion Group on the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela Visit the home of the American Pilgrims on the Camino for up-to-date information on the pilgrimage to Compostela today and links to other resources for modern pilgrims

The VR Romanesque Cathedral and Town of Santiago de Compostela

Created with the generous support of the Xacobeo 2010, Xunta de Galicia

• Project Description and Video Flythrough of the Cathedral Model
  
• UCLA Academic Technology Services and the VR Cathedral in the Visualization Portal (with links to a video fly-through of the model)
• UCLA's Experiential Technology Center

 

Sobre el Camino de Santiago y sus peregrinos: Todos, pues han de venerar a Santiago en todas partes, el cual socorre sin demora en todos los lugares a los que a él acuden.... Ahora vamos a tratar del camino de los peregrinos. El camino de peregrinación es cosa muy buena, pero es estrecho. Pues es estrecho el camino que conduce al hombre a la vida; en cambio, ancho y espacioso el que conduce a la muerte. El camino de peregrinación es para los buenos: carencia de vicios, mortificación del cuerpo, aumento de las virtudes, perdón de los pecados, penitencia de los penitentes, camino de los justos, amor de los santos, fe en la resurrección y premio de los bienaventurados, alejamiento del infierno, protección de los cielos. Aleja de los suculentos manjares, hace desaparecer la voraz obesidad, refrena la voluptuosidad, contiene los apetitos de la carne que luchan contra la fortaleza del alma, purifica el espíritu, invita al hombre a la vida contemplativa, humilla a los altos, enaltece a los humildes, ama la pobreza. Odia el censo de aquel a quien domina la avaricia; en cambio del que lo distirbuye entre los pobres, lo ama. Premia a los austeros y que obran bien; en cambio, a los avaros y pecadores no los arranca de las garras del pecado. Moralejo, S., C. Torres, y J. Feo. Liber Sancti Jacobi; Codex Calixtinus. Santiago de Compostela, 1951. Pg. 204 (with minor changes). On the Camino de Santiago and Its Pilgrims Everyone, then, must worship Santiago in all places, he who comes to the aid of those who receive him in all places without delay.... Now we are going to talk about the Route of the Pilgrims. The pilgrim route is a very good thing, but it is narrow. For the road which leads man to life is narrow; on the other hand, the road which leads to death is wide and spacious. The pilgrim route is for the good people: the lack of vices, the mortification of the body, the increase of virtues, pardon for sins, pentitence for the penitent, the road of the just, love of the saints, faith in the resurrection and the reward for the blessèd, distancing from Hell, protection of the Heavens. It takes one away from succulent foods, makes voracious obesity disappear, restrains voluptuousness, contains the appetites of the flesh which attack the fortress of the soul, purifies the spirit, invites man to the contemplative life, humbles the haughty, raises up the humble, loves poverty. It hates the censure of the man dominated by avarice. It loves, on the other hand, the person who gives to the poor. It rewards the austere who do good works; and, on the other hand, it does not snatch the miserly and sinful from the talons of sin. Translation by John Dagenais

If you are ready to begin your journey, you must begin by following the Initiation Path for new pilgrims. To do so, click on the Pilgrim's Cross below to learn the legends of Santiago and then follow Santiago the Pilgrim through each stage of the Initiation: