Event Details
Opening Reception for Sacred Steps: Pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago
Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 4:30pm
Casa de la Guerra, 15 E. De la Guerra St., Santa Barbara
Event Description
Casa de la Guerra presents the opening reception for The Camino de Santiago, an exhibit running through the end of the month.
The Camino de Santiago has led travelers for over a thousand years to the shrine and relics of St. James the Apostle in Galicia, the northwest corner of Spain. The crypt of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, titled for James’s common Spanish name (Sanctus Jacobus, Sancti Yagüe, Santiago), has long been one of Christianity’s premier pilgrimage sites, only surpassed in popularity during the Middle Ages by Rome and the Holy Land, and outstripping them in forging celebrated trails such as the Camino francés (the French Route from the Pyrenees), the Ruta mozárabe (the Mozarabic Route that skims the north of Portugal) and the Vía de la Plata (the Silver Route that starts in Seville).
The public is welcome, light refreshments to be served.
The exhibit will run from March 6-30, 2008.
- Sponsored By
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
- More Information
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Phone: 805-965-0093
Web site: http://www.sbthp.org/
