XirCammini are re-launching the ancient Universal Peace Walk of 1543 AD. Once launched, the walk will be complete with a pilgrim passport and certificate for independent individual or group hikers.…
Pilgrims’ Perspectives and Route Information
Sharing Europe’s Cultural and Historical Heritage through Trekking
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Camino Mozarabe
INTRODUCTION There are catalysts, ebbs and flows to ancient pilgrimage practice. For Santiago 2 of the earliest dynamos generating momentum for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela were the The…
Camino de San Salvador
INTRODUCTION As the old saying goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” This is also to a great extent true with Santiago de Compostela with so many European trails being re-created…
St. Bernard’s Pass | Via Francigena
INTRODUCTION The Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome was first traversed and documented by Bishop Sigeric in 990 AD to receive his Bishopric Cloak from Pope Paul XV. it was…