Camino Aragonés
The Camino Aragonés (German: "Aragonesischer Weg") is part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain . The Camino Aragonés was the most popular pilgrimage route through the Pyrenees in the Middle Ages . It is described in the Jacob's Book (Latin Liber Sancti Jacobi ) as Via Tolosana , one of the four access routes to the Way of St. James coming from France, before it merges into the Spanish Camino Aragones in Somport .
The distance is almost 170 km and leads in 6 stages from the top of the Somport pass via the towns of Jaca , Arrés , Ruesta , Sangüesa , Monreal to Puente la Reina .
The two Camino Navarra routes (starting point: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ) and Camino Aragones meet in Puente la Reina, each coming from Roncesvalles and Somport. From here the route continues as a main route, the Camino Francés , to Santiago de Compostela .
history
The Col du Somport / Puerto de Somport (altitude 1632 m) is one of the oldest Pyrenees crossings between France and Spain. For the pilgrims who made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela via Toulouse , this was the most important route.
The Camino Aragones owes its name to the old Franconian county of Aragón , which existed as the administrative districts of the Spanish march of the Frankish Empire since the early 9th century . The county comprised the area around the main town Jaca and was named after the Rio Aragón through which it flows.
route
Localities, provinces and kilometers to Santiago de Compostela.
| Locality | province | km to Santiago | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somport (Aísa) | Huesca | 870 | |
| Estación de Canfranc ( Canfranc ) | Huesca | 862 | |
| Canfranc | Huesca | 858 | [1] |
| Villanúa | Huesca | 853 | [2] |
| Castiello de Jaca | Huesca | 846 | |
| Jaca | Huesca | 838 | [3] |
| Santa Cruz de la Seros | Huesca | 822 | [4] |
| Santa Cilia | Huesca | 807 | [5] |
| Puente la Reina de Jaca | Huesca | 801 | [6] |
| Arrés ( Bailo ) | Huesca | 798 | |
| Martés ( Canal de Berdún ) | Huesca | 792 | |
| Mianos | Zaragoza | 785 | |
| Artieda | Zaragoza | 780 | [7] |
| Ruesta ( Urriés ) | Zaragoza | 772 | |
| Undués de Lerda | Zaragoza | 763 | |
| Sangüesa | Navarre | 753 | [8th] |
| Liédena | Navarre | 748 | |
| Lumbier | Navarre | 742 | [9] |
| Nardués ( Urraúl Bajo ) | Navarre | 737 | |
| Aldunate ( Urraúl Bajo ) | Navarre | 736 | |
| Izco ( Ibargoiti ) | Navarre | 731 | [10] |
| Abínzano ( Ibargoiti ) | Navarre | 729 | |
| Salinas de Ibargoiti ( Ibargoiti ) | Navarre | 725 | |
| Monreal | Navarre | 723 | |
| Yarnoz ( Valle de Elorz ) | Navarre | 718 | [11] |
| Otano ( Valle de Elorz ) | Navarre | 717 | |
| Guerendiáin ( Elorz Valley ) | Navarre | 713 | |
| Tiebas-Muruarte de Reta | Navarre | 709 | |
| Campanas (Tiebas) ( Tiebas-Muruarte de Reta ) | Navarre | 708 | |
| Biurrun-Olcoz / Biurrun-Olkotz | Navarre | 706 | |
| Úcar ( Tiebas-Muruarte de Reta ) | Navarre | 702 | |
| Enériz | Navarre | 700 | |
| Obanos | Navarre | 694 | |
| Puente la Reina | Navarre | 692 |
literature
- Raimund Joos, Michael Kasper: Spain, Camino Francés . 15th edition, Stein, Welver 2012, ISBN 978-3-86686-381-1 .
- Cordula Rabe: Rother hiking guide Spanish Way of St. James . 2nd edition, Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7633-4330-X .
- Dietmar Bunse: On the way on the Aragonese Way of St. James . 1st edition, Rediroma-Verlag, Remscheid 2017, ISBN 978-3-961031-43-6 .
- St. James Way: Pilgrimage on the Camino Francés and Camino Aragonés . Kunth Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-955042-09-7 .
Web links
- Pilgrim information on the Camino Aragonés , directions and pilgrim report
- Website of the Centro Virtual Cervantes with a detailed description of all historical places and buildings on the Camino Francés (Spanish)