{"id":1790,"date":"2012-03-28T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codexcalixtinus.es\/2012\/03\/28\/el-camino-de-santiago-por-la-rioja-alavesa-codex-calixtinus\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:48:16","slug":"el-camino-de-santiago-por-la-rioja-alavesa-codex-calixtinus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facsimil.club\/en\/el-camino-de-santiago-por-la-rioja-alavesa-codex-calixtinus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way of St. James through the Rioja Alavesa (Codex Calixtinus)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We continue with our special collaborations. This time, vueltaabierta.com presents one of the curiosities of the Camino; we hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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The Camino de Santiago through Rioja Alavesa<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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The most well-known and frequently traveled route of the Camino de Santiago is the one that crosses the Pyrenees from France, reaches Roncesvalles, passes through Logro\u00f1o, Burgos, Le\u00f3n, Astorga, Sarria, and Arz\u00faa, and ends in Santiago. But it is not the only one. It is said that as early as the 14th century, nobles chose alternative routes to avoid the crowds of pilgrims from lower classes. One of these alternative routes passes through what is now the Rioja Alavesa region. At the end of the 14th century, Charles of Navarre (Charles III the Noble) embarked on this adventure on horseback. Everything seems to indicate that this twenty-something prince was not the first to choose this route, and that if he did, it was because he was certain that sufficient infrastructure already existed in the towns where he stopped for his retinue of nearly one hundred people.<\/span><\/div>\n

As the historian Salvador Velilla C\u00f3rdoba explains in \u201cTo Santiago de Compostela through Rioja Alavesa\u201d (<\/span>http:\/\/www.<\/wbr>turismoriojaalavesa.com\/<\/wbr>ficheros\/folletosantiago.pdf<\/span><\/a>The route is divided into the following stages: Viana to Oy\u00f3n-Oion (1 hour 15 minutes), Oy\u00f3n-Oion to Laguardia (4 hours 25 minutes), Laguardia to Samaniego (2 hours 15 minutes), Samaniego to Abalos (1 hour 5 minutes), Abalos to Santa Mar\u00eda de la Piscina (40 minutes), Santa Mar\u00eda de la Piscina to San Vicente de la Sonsierra (1 hour).  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

In Samaniego, a 17th-century palace still stands, now a charming and wonderful hotel that once served as lodging for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. Its walls still display several symbols associated with the Camino, such as the scallop shell above the entrance. Jon Ugalde, the excellent chef from San Sebasti\u00e1n who runs the hotel and its exquisite cuisine, will explain in great detail the building's original layout and its Compostela symbols. If you'd like to learn more about this palace, I invite you to visit www.vueltaabierta.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Are you interested in the Codex Calixtinus?<\/strong> See the facsimile edition of the Iacobus Codex Calixtinus<\/a> and the Spanish translation of Book V<\/a> in the Club store.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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