In the middle you can see the the botafumeiro, hanging from the ceiling. This larger-than-life silver censer is used to burn incense during Mass—swung at 68 km/h (40 mph) from one end of the transept to the other.
Today it fills the cathedral with a heavenly, woody fragrance, but in the Middle Ages it was all the Church could do to cover up the stench of the sweaty, unbathed hordes of pilgrims. It’s most often swung during the noon pilgrim Mass and for special occasions.
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Cabo Fisterra - The end of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
The End of a wonderful journey
Vaya con Dios
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The end of the Camino de Santiago; The Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela however some pilgrims continue their journey to Muxia and even Finisterre at the Altantic ocean to burn some clothes as a ritual for ending their pilgrimmage.
A nice coverage of the Camino can be seen in the movie The Way.
Pano of the backside of the cathedral; made of 7 vertical images
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Pilgrims resting on the stone bench at Santiago de Compostela.
The history of the Camino de Santiago goes back at the beginning of the 9th century (year 814) moment of the discovery of the tomb of the evangelical apostle of the Iberian Peninsula. Since this discovery, Santiago de Compostela becomes a peregrination point of the entire European continent.
The Way was defined then by the net of Roman routes that joined the neuralgic points of the Peninsula. The impressive human flow that from very soon went towards Galicia made quickly appear lots of hospitals, churches, monasteries, abbeys and towns around the route. During the 14th century the pilgrimage began to decay, fact brought by the wars, the epidemics and the natural catastrophes.
The recovery of the route begins at the end of the 19th century, but it is during the last quarter of the 20th century when the authentic contemporary resurge of the peregrination takes place. There is no doubt that the social, tourist, cultural or sport components have had a great importance in the “jacobea” revitalization but we cannot forget that the route has gained its prestige thanks to its spiritual value
More info: santiago-compostela.net/
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A girl and her dog enjoying their seaview
Cap Finisterra (cabo fisterre) : the most western part of Spain.
Also the end of the Camino de Santiago.
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