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On the route of Santiago de Compostela
Bordeaux
World Heritage
On the route of
Santiago de Compostela
 
 

Four routes passed through the land of Guyenne, obligatory passage for the myriad of paths that led to Ostabat near Saint-Palais (Atlantic Pyrenees)...

In Bordeaux, pilgrims visiting from Médoc and Tours and from the British Iles by river stayed at the Saint-James Hospital, located at the beginning of Rue du Mirail (mirror in Gascon).
Of the former hospital that was built on the site of today's Lycée Michel de Montaigne high school, all that remains is the Saint-James chapel where pilgrims would perform their devotions before heading to Les Landes.

Today, Bordeaux once again welcomes pilgrims from the 21st century in the city's three Saint-James churches that are featured on UNESCO's World Heritage List: the Saint-Seurin basilica, Romanesque and Gothic, the Saint-André cathedral and the Saint-Michel basilica, Rayonnant Gothic.

We know that Romanesque art was spread via the Route of Santiago de Compostela.

Very soon, a gîte reserved for pilgrims will welcome them in the very heart of the city, where they will be most welcomed, on the Chemin de la Fin des Terres d'Espagne, Santiago. 


To inform and welcome pilgrims :

ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DE SAINT JACQUES EN AQUITAINE
Head Office and lodging:
4 rue Blanqui
33110 LE BOUSCAT (France)
Information and accommodation :
Tél : 33 (0)5 56 08 10 58
 
ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DE SAINT-JACQUES GRADIGNAN GIRONDE
Head Office and lodging :
1 rue de Chartrèze
33170 GRADIGNAN (France)
Prieuré de Cayac
Information :

Tél : 33 (0)6 82 00 88 94
 









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