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The Way of St James, or St James' Way, quite often known by its Spanish name the Camino de Santiago, is the pilgrimage to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in north-westernmost Spain where the apostle Saint James the Great is said to be laid to rest. There is no one route - the Way can be one of any number of pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela - but there are a number of main ones. The Way of St James has been one of the most important Christian pilgrimages since medieval times - the othe ...

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• Way of St. James - History of St James' Way
• Way of St. James - The pilgrimage as penance
• Way of St. James - Pre-Christian history of the route
• Way of St. James - The modern-day pilgrimage
• Way of St. James - The many roads of the Way of St James
• Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés
• Way of St. James - The Arles Way and the Aragonese Way
• Way of St. James - The Northern Way or Camino del Norte
• Way of St. James - The English Way or Camino Inglés
• Way of St. James - The Portuguese Way or Camino Portugués
• Way of St. James - The Camino Mozárabe and the Via de la Plata
• Way of St. James - The Way of St. James in England
• Way of St. James - The Way's name in other languages

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Events 5 October - Theodoric II of the Visigoths, in the name of the emperor Avitus, defeats the Sueves on the river Urbicus near Astorga in Gallaecia; this shatters the power of the Sueves. The Emperor Marcian quells disturbances on the Armenian frontier. Capua is destroyed by the Vandals. Ricimer beats the Vandals in a sea battle near Corsica. 17 October - The magistri militum Ricimer and Majorian defeat the emperor Avitus and compel him to renounce the purple and become Bishop of Placentia. Ricimer becomes de facto (and Majorian on 1 April 457 de jure ...

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Under Rome. The fortified Celtiberian settlement, the chief town of the Vaccaei, was rendered as Pallantia by Strabo and Ptolemy and the Romans, a version possibly of the Celtic root pala, "plain". The city was starved into submission in the 2nd century BCE. The little Roman garrison city was insignificant compared to the Roman villas of Late Antiquity. Archeologists have uncovered the remains of Roman villas at "La Olmeda" and at the "Quintanilla de la Cueza," where the fragments of mosaic floors are spectacularly refin ...

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Palencia, Palencia - History

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Giles first lived in retreats near the mouth of the Rhône and by the River Gard, in today's southern France. (A noble Athenian parentage is probably an embellishment of his early hagiographers.) Finally he withdrew deep into the forest near Nîmes, where in the greatest solitude he spent many years, his sole companion being a deer, or hind, who in some stories sustains him on its milk. This last retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued the hind to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the ...

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Saint Giles, Saint Giles - Life, Saint Giles - Memory, Saint Giles - Other Saint Giles, Saint Giles - External link

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The city of Braga has a Roman-style center, many churches and monuments: Bom Jesus do Monte Sameiro Church Monastery of Tibães The Cathedral St Marta da Falperra Congregados Church Arcada Arco da Porta Nova Casa do raio . A modern symbol of the city is the new Braga Municipal Stadium, carved out of the Monte Castro hill that overlooks the city. ...

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Braga, Braga - Arts and Architecture, Braga - Commerce Business and Transportation, Braga - History, Braga - Famous Citizens

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Spain's autonomous regions have many of their own distinctive folk traditions, especially in Basque Country, Galicia and Catalonia. There is also a movement of folk-based singer-songwriters with politically active lyrics, paralleling similar developments across Latin America and Portugal. Music of Spain - Basque Country. Main article: Basque music The Basques are a unique ethnic group, unrelated to any other in Spain and with uncertain connections abroad. The main form of Basque folk music is ...

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Music of Spain, Music of Spain - Origins, Music of Spain - Early history, Music of Spain - Renaissance, Music of Spain - 17th and 18th centuries, Music of Spain - Pop Music, Music of Spain - Ye-Yé, Music of Spain - Performers, Music of Spain - Flamenco, Music of Spain - Regional folk music, Music of Spain - Basque Country, Music of Spain - Balearic Islands, Music of Spain - Canary Islands, Music of Spain - Murcia, Music of Spain - Extremadura, Music of Spain - Castile Madrid and Leon, Music of Spain - Navarre and La Rioja, Music of Spain - Aragon, Music of Spain - Valencia, Music of Spain - Catalonia, Music of Spain - Galicia Cantabria and Asturias, Music of Spain - Andalusia, Music of Spain - Samples

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The Suebic kingdom of Galicia lasted from 410 to 584 and seems to have enjoyed relatively stable government for most of that time. Historians like José António Lopes Silva, the translator of Idatius' chronicles, the primary written source for the period, find that the essential temper of Galician culture was established in the blending of Ibero-Roman culture with that of the Suebi [1]. As with most Germanic invasions, the number of the original Suebi invaders is estimated at fewer than 30,000, settling mainly in the zones around Bra ...

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Kingdom of Galicia, Kingdom of Galicia - The Suebic Kingdom, Kingdom of Galicia - Suebi Kings of Galicia, Kingdom of Galicia - Asturian Kings of Galicia, Kingdom of Galicia - Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal, Kingdom of Galicia - King of Galicia and Portugal, Kingdom of Galicia - Leonese Kings of Galicia

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History of Galicia - Celtic Gallaecia. Main article Celtic Gallaecia. According the the first-century Geographer Strabo, the settlers resided on the north of the river Douro were known by the name of Kallaikoi; later the name Kallaikoi was translated into Latin as Gallaeci, Callaeci or Gallaicoi. It is necessary to show, on the other hand, that prior to the Roman conquest of Gallaecia, the main name the tribe received was the one of Gallaicoi, formed as local name (gentiliceSee also:

History of Galicia, History of Galicia - Prehistory, History of Galicia - The Megalithic culture, History of Galicia - The Bronze Age, History of Galicia - Old Age, History of Galicia - Celtic Gallaecia, History of Galicia - Roman Gallaecia, History of Galicia - Suebi Kingdom, History of Galicia - Medieval Galicia, History of Galicia - Visigothic Kingdom, History of Galicia - Reconquista, History of Galicia - Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal, History of Galicia - Santiago and Galicia, History of Galicia - Modern Age, History of Galicia - Contemporary Galicia, History of Galicia - Reference

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The earliest records of visits paid to the shrine dedicated to St James at Santiago de Compostela date from the 8th century. This was the most renowned medieval pilgrimage; and the custom of those who carried back with them from Galicia scallop shells as proof of their journey gradually extended to other forms of pilgrimage. Across France and Spain the pilgrimage route led from shrine to shrine, just as a caravan route leads from oasis to oasis. < ...

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Way of St. James, Way of St. James - History of St James' Way, Way of St. James - The pilgrimage as penance, Way of St. James - Pre-Christian history of the route, Way of St. James - The modern-day pilgrimage, Way of St. James - The Iberian roads of the Way of St James, Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés, Way of St. James - Aragonese Way, Way of St. James - The Northern Way or Camino del Norte, Way of St. James - The English Way or Camino Inglés, Way of St. James - The Portuguese Way or Camino Portugués, Way of St. James - The Camino Mozárabe and the Via de la Plata, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James outside Iberia, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James in France, Way of St. James - Connections to the ways in France, Way of St. James - The Way of St. James in England, Way of St. James - The Way's name in other languages

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Santiago de Compostela - The burial place of St. James. "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 Avila who was beheaded as a heretic at Treves, France, in ...

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Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela - The city, Santiago de Compostela - The etymology of the name Compostela, Santiago de Compostela - Demography, Santiago de Compostela - History of the shrine and the pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostela - The burial place of St. James, Santiago de Compostela - The establishment of the shrine, Santiago de Compostela - The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela - Pre-Christian legends, Santiago de Compostela - The cathedral, Santiago de Compostela - Sister cities

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Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - 12th century. 1128 July 24 – Count Afonso Henriques defeats his mother, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, in the Battle of São Mamede and becomes sole ruler (Dux - Duke) after demandes for independence from the county's people, church and nobles. 1129 - April 6, Afonso Henriques proclaims himself Prince of Portugal. 1130 Prince Afonso Henriques invades Galicia. Prince Afonso Henriques' mother, Theresa, Countess ...

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Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty, Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - First Dynasty: Burgundy, Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - 12th century, Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - 13th century, Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - 14th century

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The principal and almost contemporary source for the career of Priscillian is the Gallic chronicler Sulpicius Severus, who characterized him (Chronica II.46) as noble and rich, a layman who had devoted his life to study, vain of his classical pagan education, already being looked on with misgivings (see Gregory of Tours). He was an ascetic mystic and regarded the Christian life as continual intercourse with God. His favourite idea is that which St Paul had expressed in the words "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" and he argu ...

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Priscillian, Priscillian - Priscillian's career, Priscillian - Priscillian's contemporary following, Priscillian - Continued Priscillianism, Priscillian - Writings and rediscovery, Priscillian - Reference

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2000 years ago the Baltic Sea was known to the Romans as the Mare Suebicum. Partially because of his unfamiliarity with the various Germanic peoples interacting with Rome at the time, the historian Tacitus referred to all Elbe-Germanics as Suebi. More recent scholarship has shown that view to be an oversimplification. The Suebi eventually migrated south and west to reside for a while in the Rhineland area of modern Germany, where their name survives in the historic region known as Swabia. The Suebi under Ariovistus were invited into Gallia by the Aedui but soon came to dominate them and were fina ...

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Suebi, Suebi - Early history, Suebi - Sueve kingdom of Gallaecia, Suebi - Suebi Kings of Gallaecia

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The earliest records of visits paid to the shrine dedicated to St James at Santiago de Compostela date from the 8th century. This was the most renowned medieval pilgrimage; and the custom of those who carried back with them from Galicia scallop shells as proof of their journey gradually extended to other forms of pilgrimage. Across France and Spain the pilgrimage route led from shrine to shrine, just as a caravan route leads from oasis to oasis. < ...

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Way of St. James, Way of St. James - History of St James' Way, Way of St. James - The pilgrimage as penance, Way of St. James - Pre-Christian history of the route, Way of St. James - The modern-day pilgrimage, Way of St. James - The many roads of the Way of St James, Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés, Way of St. James - The Arles Way and the Aragonese Way, Way of St. James - The Northern Way or Camino del Norte, Way of St. James - The English Way or Camino Inglés, Way of St. James - The Portuguese Way or Camino Portugués, Way of St. James - The Camino Mozárabe and the Via de la Plata, Way of St. James - The Way of St. James in England, Way of St. James - The Way's name in other languages

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2000 years ago the Baltic Sea was known to the Romans as the Mare Suebicum. Partially because of his unfamiliarity with the various Germanic peoples interacting with Rome at the time, the historian Tacitus referred to all eastern Germanic people as Suebi. More recent scholarship has shown that view to be an oversimplification. The Suebi eventually migrated south and west to reside for a while in the Rhineland area of modern Germany, where their name survives in the historic region known as Swabia. The Suebi under Ariovistus were invited into Gallia by the Aedui but soon came to dominate them and were fina ...

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Suebi, Suebi - Early history, Suebi - Suebic kingdom of Gallaecia, Suebi - Suebi Kings of Gallaecia

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Main article: Spanish popular music Spanish pop began during the end of Francisco Franco's regime. By the late 1950s, a generation of performers were coming of age having been through the end of the Spanish Civil War. At the same time American and British music, especially rock and roll, was having an impact on Spanish audiences. The Festival de la Canción De Benidorm was founded in 1959 in Benidorm, a seaside town attempting to boost local tourism. It was inspired by the Italian Festival di San Remo and followed by a w ...

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Music of Spain, Music of Spain - Origins, Music of Spain - Early history, Music of Spain - Renaissance, Music of Spain - 17th and 18th centuries, Music of Spain - Pop Music, Music of Spain - Ye-Yé, Music of Spain - Performers, Music of Spain - Flamenco, Music of Spain - Regional folk music, Music of Spain - Basque Country, Music of Spain - Balearic Islands, Music of Spain - Canary Islands, Music of Spain - Murcia, Music of Spain - Extremadura, Music of Spain - Castile Madrid and Leon, Music of Spain - Navarre and La Rioja, Music of Spain - Aragon, Music of Spain - Valencia, Music of Spain - Catalonia, Music of Spain - Galicia Cantabria and Asturias, Music of Spain - Andalusia, Music of Spain - Samples

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The following routes to Santiago can be traced on the Iberian peninsula. Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés. The most popular of the routes is the French Way, the Camino Francés, which runs from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees through to Santiago de Compostela, passing through the major cities of Pamplona, Logroño, Bur ...

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Way of St. James, Way of St. James - History of St James' Way, Way of St. James - The pilgrimage as penance, Way of St. James - Pre-Christian history of the route, Way of St. James - The modern-day pilgrimage, Way of St. James - The Iberian roads of the Way of St James, Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés, Way of St. James - Aragonese Way, Way of St. James - The Northern Way or Camino del Norte, Way of St. James - The English Way or Camino Inglés, Way of St. James - The Portuguese Way or Camino Portugués, Way of St. James - The Camino Mozárabe and the Via de la Plata, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James outside Iberia, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James in France, Way of St. James - Connections to the ways in France, Way of St. James - The Way of St. James in England, Way of St. James - The Way's name in other languages

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Main article: Flamenco Flamenco, an originally Gitano art-form strongly influenced by Andalusian music, consists of three forms: the song (cante), the dance (baile) and the guitar (guitarra). Its first reference in history occurs in 1774, from Cadalso's "Cartas Marruecas". Flamenco probably originated in Cádiz, Jérez de la Frontera and Triana, and is a descendant of musical forms left by Moorish invaders during the 8th-14th century. Influences from the Byzantine Empire, Egypt, Pakistan and India were also ...

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Music of Spain, Music of Spain - Origins, Music of Spain - Early history, Music of Spain - Renaissance, Music of Spain - 17th and 18th centuries, Music of Spain - Pop Music, Music of Spain - Ye-Yé, Music of Spain - Performers, Music of Spain - Flamenco, Music of Spain - Regional folk music, Music of Spain - Basque Country, Music of Spain - Balearic Islands, Music of Spain - Canary Islands, Music of Spain - Murcia, Music of Spain - Extremadura, Music of Spain - Castile Madrid and Leon, Music of Spain - Navarre and La Rioja, Music of Spain - Aragon, Music of Spain - Valencia, Music of Spain - Catalonia, Music of Spain - Galicia Cantabria and Asturias, Music of Spain - Andalusia, Music of Spain - Samples

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The principal ways of St. James connecting to Spain are the four ways from medieval starting point in France. Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James in France. There are four main starting points in France This way used to be the pilgrimage of choice for inhabitants of the Low Countries and those of western France. Due to industralisation in the area, the more eastern ways are preferred nowadays. A Dutch bicycle guide describes this route. The offical start is Tours, although the paths Par ...

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Way of St. James, Way of St. James - History of St James' Way, Way of St. James - The pilgrimage as penance, Way of St. James - Pre-Christian history of the route, Way of St. James - The modern-day pilgrimage, Way of St. James - The Iberian roads of the Way of St James, Way of St. James - The French Way or Camino Francés, Way of St. James - Aragonese Way, Way of St. James - The Northern Way or Camino del Norte, Way of St. James - The English Way or Camino Inglés, Way of St. James - The Portuguese Way or Camino Portugués, Way of St. James - The Camino Mozárabe and the Via de la Plata, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James outside Iberia, Way of St. James - The Ways of St. James in France, Way of St. James - Connections to the ways in France, Way of St. James - The Way of St. James in England, Way of St. James - The Way's name in other languages

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Music of Spain - Early history. In Spain several very different cultural streams came together in the first centuries of the Christian era: the Roman culture, which was dominant for several hundred years, and which brought with it the music and ideas of Ancient Greece; early Christians, who had their own version of the Roman Rite; the Visigoths, a Germanic tribe that overran the Iberian peninsula in the fifth century; Jews of the diaspora; and eventually the Arabs, or the Moors as the group was sometimes known. D ...

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Music of Spain, Music of Spain - Origins, Music of Spain - Early history, Music of Spain - Renaissance, Music of Spain - 17th and 18th centuries, Music of Spain - Pop Music, Music of Spain - Ye-Yé, Music of Spain - Performers, Music of Spain - Flamenco, Music of Spain - Regional folk music, Music of Spain - Basque Country, Music of Spain - Balearic Islands, Music of Spain - Canary Islands, Music of Spain - Murcia, Music of Spain - Extremadura, Music of Spain - Castile Madrid and Leon, Music of Spain - Navarre and La Rioja, Music of Spain - Aragon, Music of Spain - Valencia, Music of Spain - Catalonia, Music of Spain - Galicia Cantabria and Asturias, Music of Spain - Andalusia, Music of Spain - Samples

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