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The Camino aka "Camino de Santiago" aka "The Way of Saint James" is a christian pilgrimage to visit the relics of the patron saint of Spain, St. James. The relics are located in a cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela is a city in the north west of Spain.
This pilgrimage was prominent in western European in the early middle ages. Pilgrimages mostly (but not completely) stopped at the time of the Reformation and started up again in the early 19th century.
"Camino" like its English equivalent "way" has a multiple meanings. Its a physical path but it also represents a inner journey and a mode of behavior.
Who can go
The Camino comes from the Catholic tradition, but anyone can go.
"..not only to Catholics but pagans too, Jews, heretics, idlers and vagabonds..."
FYI I am not Catholic. Glad to see vagabond made the list.
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