Via Tolosana

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The historic Camino de Santiago in France

Via Tolosana (French voie toulousaine ) is the Latin name of the southernmost of the four Ways of St. James in France . In 1998, UNESCO named these “ Paths of the Pilgrims to St. James in France ” a World Heritage Site .

It touches Toulouse , but has its assembly point and start in Arles , and crosses the Pyrenees at the Col du Somport . On the Spanish side it is called Camino Aragonés as far as Puente la Reina , where it meets the Camino Navarro , which is nothing more than the continuation of the three other French Camino de Santiago. From here the path is called Camino francés , which is the Way of St. James.

history

In Arles the Via Tolosana or Via Arletanensis ( Route d'Arles ) begins , the Aimeric Picaud (12th century) in his Codex Calixtinus (5th book: Le Guide du Pèlerin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle) Via Aegidia ( Route des Saint-Gilles (du Gard) ). Pilgrims from Italy and Provence gathered here . Pilgrims came from Italy either along the Riviera and the Côte d'Azur ( Via Aurelia ) or then via the Col de Montgenèvre, via Briançon and the Durance Valley ( Via Domitia ) to Arles. Some pilgrims also reached Arles from Geneva and other northern starting points through the Rhone Valley. Conversely, the route served the pilgrims to Rome from Spain and France, who then used the Via Francigena in Italy .

There was a parallel path to Via Tolosana, the Chemin du Piedmont or el cami deu pé de la coste , which reached the Col du Somport via Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges .

course

There is no clear historical Camino de Santiago, only routes chosen more often or less often. The main route described below corresponds to the currently used path, which is well marked as GR 653 and along which a variety of accommodation and catering options are offered.

department Places in order of reaching
Bouches-du-Rhône Arles
Gard Saint-Gilles-du-Gard - Vauvert
Herault Lunel - Castries - Montpellier - Aniane - Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert - Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière - Usclas-du-Bosc - Saint-Privat - Lodève - Joncels - Lunas - Le Bousquet-d'Orb - Saint -Gervais-sur-Mare - Bédarieux - Le Poujol-sur-Orb - Olargues
Camouflage Murat-sur-Vèbre - Fraisse-sur-Agout (Hérault) - La Salvetat-sur-Agout (Hérault) - Anglès - Brassac - Burlats - Castres - Soual - Dourgne - Sorèze
Haute-Garonne Revel - Montmaur ( Aude ) - Saint-Félix-Lauragais - Cassès - Seuil-de-Naurouze - Montferrand (Aude department) - Villefranche-de-Lauragais - Baziège - Escalquens - Labège - Toulouse - Léguevin
Gers L'Isle-Jourdain - Gimont - Aubiet - L'Isle-Arné - Auch - Barran - L'Isle-de-Noé - Montesquiou - Bassoues - Marciac
Hautes-Pyrénées Maubourguet
Pyrénées-Atlantiques Anoye - Morlaàs - Lescar - Lacommande - Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Lurbe-Saint-Christau - Escot - Sarrance - Accous - Lescun - Col du Somport

  • Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

  • La Salvetat-sur-Agout

  • Also and its cathedral

  • Lescar, mosaics in the cathedral

literature

  • Ritter, Albrecht: Way of St. James Via Tolosana. From Arles to Toulouse to the Pyrenees. Rother Bergverlag, 2017. ISBN 978-3-7633-4508-3 .
  • Simon, Martin and Rother, Norbert: France: Way of St. James Via Tolosana with Camino Aragonés. Outdoor manual volume 162. Conrad Stein Verlag, 2018. ISBN 978-3-86686-597-6 .
  • Laborde-Balen, Louis & Siréjol, Jean-Pierre: Le Chemin d'Arles vers St-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Edition revue et corrigée. Editions Rando, 2007. ISBN 978-2-84182-258-4 .
  • Retail, Mireille: Miam-miam-dodo du chemin d'Arles; déstiné à pied, à bicyclette, à cheval ou avec un âne, sur le chemin de Compostelle (GR 653) d'Arles au col du Somport. Editions du Vieux Crayon, 2006. ISBN 978-2-916446-00-4 .
  • Guide FFRP: Le Chemin d'Arles vers St-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Guide pratique du pèlerin. Nouvelle édition revue. Fédération française de randonnée pédestre, 2006. ISBN 978-2-84182-082-5 .

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