To Finisterre

Donna and I are taking a day tour to Finisterre. I'm feeling 90% better today.

Awesome tour! Always appreciate the history.

Compostella means the field of the stars, which led them to discover the coffin of St. James in 813 A.D. in Libredon where the cathedral now sits. They bishop came to assess and determined that it was St James because the inscription inside the coffin said, "Santiago, son of... " and the body had been beheaded.

The construction of the cathedral started in the year 1075.

People were curious and wanted to visit and honor the Saint, so they began pouring in from multiple directions, creating The Way... multiple ways of the Camino that all lead to the cathedral.

Compostella de Santiago is the Capital of Galicia since 1981 because it is central... and they have a Saint.

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