pilgrimage

Flaran Abbey (Abbaye de Flaran), a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151, is one of the best preserved abbeys in the southwest of France. Inside the abbey is a permanent exhibition on the Way of St. James, the pilgrimage route that passes through Gascony to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Two...

Saint-Jacques, 19th century from Church of Saint-Pierre, Auch. Pilgrim with the scallop shell.

Pelerin de Saint-Jacques, 18th century (estimated 1772) from Mezin (Lot-et-Garonne). Statue of a pilgrim walking, wearing scallop shells.

Inside the abbey.

Inside the abbey.

A beautiful building in a beautiful setting.

Cloisters.

Detail on columns.

Detail on columns.

A former Cistercian abbey founded in 1151.

Flaran Abbey (Abbaye de Flaran) in Gascony near Condom.

Parking among the trees.

St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, North Wales. St Winefride's Well has been a site of pilgrimage for over 1,300 years. It has survived the Reformation and the Puritan zeal to destroy ‘Popish’ shrines. It is still visited by pilgrims today, not just from Wales but across Europe. It has been...

In today's Guardian there was an article about religious trails in the UK (No Religion Required, Britons Lace up their Boots as Pilgrimages Make a Comeback) but I cannot find the article on their website (I read the Daily Edition on my iPad). I am posting this here to remind me to find the link...

A Walk from Porto to Santiago Sept/Oct 2004 Please note: Two subsequent non-walk visits to the area, have shown an increase in prices. Also Porto has become more gentrified in my opinion. As with all reviews restaurants change cooks; hotels change management; albergues age. Buen Camino to...