Liz Pitman wrote:
>
> As you've walked the route can you tell me how far it is from the sea - on
> the map it looks quite a way which makes the idea (in Hall's dictionary)
> that pilgrims picked shells up on the beach unlikely. Look forward to
> hearing form you.
>
> Liz
Yes, the Camino de Santiago is not close to the sea. And pilgrims did
not need to picked up themselves the shells on any beach, but bought
them in a very lucrative market established in the very city of
Compostela, according to the _Codex Calixtinus_ (I, 17)
Best Regards
Carlos
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