Via Turonensis

The historic Camino de Santiago in France

The Via Turonensis is the northernmost Way of St. James through France . It got its name because it runs through the city of Tours . According to the pilgrim guide in the Liber Sancti Jacobi from the middle of the 12th century, the Via Turonensis begins in Orléans , but today Paris is considered the starting point.

Overall, this pilgrim guide names four such starting points: In addition to Orléans, there were Vézelay , Le Puy-en-Velay and Arles . In 1998, UNESCO named these “ Paths of the Pilgrims to St. James in France ” a World Heritage Site .

The three northern ways combine in Ostabat into a single way. The route from Arles only meets the main stream in Puente la Reina , in Spain.

course

The meeting point for the pilgrimage is in Paris in the Quartier du Châtelet, at the Saint-Jacques tower . It then leads over rue Saint-Jacques to the parish church of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas , where the city was formerly abandoned.

Department	Places in order of reaching
Essonne	Longpont-sur-Orge - Étréchy - Étampes - Angerville
Eure-et-Loir	Toury
Loiret	Artenay - Orléans - Cléry-Saint-André
Loir-et-Cher	Saint-Laurent-Nouan - Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire - Blois - Chaumont-sur-Loire
Indre-et-Loire	Amboise - Tours - Montbazon - Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
Vienne	Châtellerault - Poitiers
Deux-Sèvres	Parthenay - Lusignan - Chenay - Celles-sur-Belle - Melle
Charente-Maritime	Aulnay - Saint-Jean-d'Angély - Saintes - Saint-Léger - Pons - Plassac - Mirambeau
Gironde	Blaye - Bordeaux - Gradignan - Canéjan - Cestas - Le Barp - Belin-Béliet - Saugnacq-et-Muret
Country	Moustey - Pissos - Labouheyre - Escource - Onesse-Laharie - Lesperon - Taller - Gourbera - Saint-Paul-lès-Dax - Dax - Saint-Pandelon - Cagnotte - Cauneille - Sorde-l'Abbaye
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Arancou - Ostabat