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The
arrival of the pilgrims to Logroño is made by the
north of the city. Crossing the historical Stone Bridge,
on the Ebro river, we arrived at the Ruavieja street and
here it is Pilgrims' Shelter, inaugurated in 1993. Inside
there is a fountain with six stars that represents the
localities by which passes the Way towards Santiago de
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The travelling ones register in a book, can be lodged and
receive their accreditation, that will allow them to rest
in all the shelters of the route, a map and a shell or vieira,
symbol of the Way. |
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The Way goes through the
Ruavieja street, continues in the one of Barriocepo and
finishes in the door of the
Revellín. In the route we can see:
Next to the shelter,
the small chapel of San Gregorio Ostiense, dedicated to
the saint who died in Logroño in 1048. He had arrived
at the city, by order of the Pope Juan XVIII,
and released to territories of the Rioja and Navarre of
a plague of lobsters.
The wine cellar
of the Golden Grate, example of the old wine cellarss
in the city, conserves one of the tunnels by which the
people left to fish in the Ebro river, during the siege
of the French, in 1521. |
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We leave the Ruavieja street and after crossing the Sagasta
street, on the right it is the Iron Bridge, and we enter
the Barriocepo street. Here it is the Pilgrims' Fountain,
that although recovered, conserves its old layout.On the
right, in the ground of the San Pablo square, the Game
of the Oca marks the stages of the Way according to the
"Codex Calixtinus". It was a guide of trip for
the travelling ones, published in 1130, advised the stages
to follow, some lasted several days of march.
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The church of Santiago the Real one is located in the North
end, from its tower allowed to watch the river. Constructed
on a previous church, the present data of century 16th.
The facade is decorated with two sculptures of Santiago,
one like pilgrim and the other riding on his horse. The
interior is of a single ship, of high altitude, without
central columns. In the greater altar there is an altarpiece
dedicated to the Apostle and we can see an image of the
virgin of the Hope, gothic of century 12th, saint patron
of the city.
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The Parliament,
located in the old convent of the Merced and later Tobacco
grower, is almost at the end of the route.
The door of the
Revellín, with the lateral circle tower, is the
only remains of the walls that surrounded the city, conserves
in its facade the shield of Carlos V.
The Way continues
by modern streets until leaving the city. |
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