It is not overstated to write that St. James (Saint Iago or Santiago) was The unifying saint for the people of this peninsula at the end of the first millenium. There is a whole story -stories-about his legend and we end up at the third most important shrine/pilgrimmage in Christiandom after Jerusalem and Rome. You find him along the Camino: statues, shrines, photos, inns, etc. We are now in Caldas and here King Alfonso VII was born. It is Caldas de Reis or King's Hot Springs. Actually the springs were used by the Romans and presently several of the ladies are at one facility accessing a message and spa treatment. Here are a few scenes of Caldas and St. James
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