Day 18 - Hornillos to Castrojeriz
July 9, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We departed before sunrise after a cup of coffee and packaged pastries. It was another beautiful cool morning and amazing sunrise. We had breakfast at the halfway point in Hontanas and were inRead more
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MAY THE JOY AND BLESSING OF ST. BRIGIDA ACCOMPANY YOU ON THE JOURNEY
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The Camino romantically passes under one of the monastery’s half-crumbled arches. In the Middle Ages, this site contained a sheltered porch area where pilgrims who arrived after the monastery gates had been locked for the night could find a protected place to sleep. There, the monks also left food and drink in two stone niches set within the wall.
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Founded in 1146 by the French order of Antonines, followers of Saint Anthony of Egypt, the present ruins of the monastery of San Antón Abad stand alone in the nook of a small ravine, mostly to the left of the Camino. Largely Gothic and from the 14th century, the monastery existed in service to pilgrims as a hospital.