We leave Pamplona tomorrow morning for day one of our pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela We will be following these metal plates in the road to find The Way.

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One of the chapels included the patron saint of the church where Susan and I were married. The church in Woburn goes back several generations of Joneses.

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We went into the cloister to see some of the original 12th century French architecture. The first thing you notice are rejas, ironwork fashioned from the chains of Christian prisoners liberated after being captured in a 1212 battle.

Next were the three kings

This is the dining hall for monks and pilgrims.

Each of the roof supports had a different design such as this

This is the Tympanum of the death of the Virgin from the 14th century. The doorway under is is called la Puerta Preciosa. It leads to the Roman ruins on which the cathedral was built.

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Susan and I attended Mass this morning and then spent over an hour in the Catedral. I have never seen such a place. The Mass was in Spanish with what seemed to be the new responses. The homily was under a minute, something unheard of in the States.

Here are some of the chapels and the central altar.

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This is the renaissance choir behind the main altar. It is difficult to photograph due to the ironwork surrounding the altar.

Here is St Antonio Abad and his iconic pig from chapel one,

and the Pieta from chapel 2

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We will be referencing sites in “The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago” by David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson. The references will appear as PRS 21-1 meaning item one in chapter 21 of the book (in this case the Pamplona Cathedral).

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