On the Way to Santiago: A Camino of Art, Culture, Legends and Stories

It is over 850 kilometres long. Much ridden and walked, since the ninth century. Its greatest success was in the Middle Ages, although its popularity has reached unprecedented heights in the last twenty-five years: the Camino de Santiago. The road to the tomb of the apostle James in the city that was named after him, Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
Besides devout pilgrims, walkers and cyclists, the Camino attracts mainly cultural tourists, 'pilgrims of art'. They want to see a lot along the way, learn a lot and enjoy the overwhelming number of works of art that have been preserved.
Every place along the Camino deserves its own story. On the way to Santiago de Compostela introduces you to the culture and art along the route, supplemented with legends and miracle stories. MIREILLE MADOU studied art history at the KULeuven and was a lecturer in medieval art history at the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden. Her field of research covers the iconography of saints, in particular that of Saint James the Greater and the art along the Camino de Santiago.