Culture
Torre de Hércules
The guide Teresa Gutiérrez talks to us about the Torre de Hércules in A Coruña. The tower was built in the 1st century and is the only tower in the world built by the Romans that is still in use. Torre de Hercules »
The “Satellite Camino” Starts up
Alter the successful pilot Project, the Fundación Tecnología Social (FTS) and the Asociación Gallega de Empresas de Tecnología y Comunicación (AGESTIC) choose “Casa de Galicia” in Madrid as their to present officially the “Satellite Camino” (“Camino de los Satélites”). This is a project that has as its goal to help people with disabilities, elderly... »
“Cartography of the Camino” in Galician, German and French
A “Cartografía literaria do Camiño de Santiago” imprimirase en galego, alemán e francés, tras ser presentada a primavera pasada en castelán. O seu autor é o catedrático do Seminario de Linguas Románicas da Universidade de Kiel (Alemaña), Javier Gómez Montero, quen compilou textos sobre a Ruta Xacobea de ilustres autores. A versión en galego xa... »
Film on wheels
In Portomarín, in the province of Lugo along the Camino Frances, we find “A Caixiña de Mistos” (the mystic box) that travel Galicia showing short films for kids…and for not so young kids. »
The Camino de Santiago, a World heritage Site much valued by Spaniards
The Camino de Santiago is the 2nd highest valued Unesco World Heritage Site according to Spaniards, behind the Alhambra in Granada. This is according to a study created by TripAdviser after receiving opinions from Europeans visiting their web site. The study is published by Europa Press. 11% of the people asked consider the Alhambra in... »
Stories from the Camino for 25.000 School Children
More than 25.000 school children from five cities in Spain, Portugal and France will in January 2010 participate in a European Union Cultural Program called “The Stories of the Camino”. The program is directed towards kinder garden children and the idea is to tell them about the Camino de Santiago using storytelling and art from... »
A sensory and interactive adventure of Galicia and the Camino de Santiago
Might we suggest you visit a spectacular and different sensorial experience on the Camino de Santiago while in Galicia? We invite you to visit this unique experience by visiting this exposition were art and technology converges with tradition and the modern world. We are talking about “Galiciadixital”, a virtual and interactive adventure where you... »
Quetzal on the Camino de Santiago
The “Ruta Quetzal” commemorates in the holy year, 25 years of expeditions in the Americas and in Europe. To celebrate this they have decided to walk the Camino de Santiago next year, 2010. The “Quetzal BBVA Route” will start 2010 with a trip to México. The program this year has “The mystery of... »
Ancient sounds from the Basque Country in Santiago
We visit a txalapartas workshop in Santiago de Compostela from the Oreka Tx duo. They started in 1997 with the fanmous basque accordionist placer Kepa Juntera, they have shared the stage with Galician musicians like Carlos Nuñez, Susana Seivane and Berrogüetto. The txalaparta is a traditional percussion instrument from the Basque country. »
The Camino and Galician film in “Variety” Magazine
“Variety” magazine has dedicated an article on the Camino de Santiago where they talk about he bonds that unite the Camino and film. In the article, titled “St. James in film flurry” describes the camino as a “natural film stage” for many movie directors. The authors of this article, John Hopewell and Martin Dale, mention... »
