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*VÉZELAY-YONNE-89./(EN.)/The small French town of Vézelay, Burgundian Romanesque historic significance. The Vézelay Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Starting Point(II) of a Chemin de Saint Jacques Pilgrimage Route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia-Spain. (Pèlerinage - 22 de Juillet.) -Vézelay, this important religious village has a hill-top Abbey that, Basilique Ste-Madeleine, so it was believed, held the relics of Mary Magdalene. -The French Abbot St. Bernard of Clairvaux preached the Second Crusade at Vézelay in 1146.(2nd Crusade 1147-1149 Lisbon -In 1190 the English and French Crusaders met in Vézelay, before setting off for the Holy Land for the Third Crusade. (3rd Crusade 1189-1192). (28.03.2020.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ***2020,(EN.),North of the Pyrenees in France, there are four main Routes connecting to the CAMINO FRANCES, starting from Paris(I), Vézelay(II), Le Puy(III) and from Arlés(IV). -I,From Notre-Dame de Paris, to Orleans, to Tours, to Poitiers, to Bordeaux, to Ostabat, to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Roncesvalles(Es.), -II,From Vézelay to Bourges, to Chateauroux, to Limoges, to Perigueux, to Ostabat, to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Roncesvalles(ES.), -III,From Le Puy by Conques, to Cahors, to Moissac, to Ostabat, to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Roncesvalles(ES.), following Camino Francés in Spain(see our Blog.) -IV, From Arlés to Montpellier, to Toulouse, to Auch, to Oloron, to Somport,Jaca,Berdún,Monreal,Puente La Reina in Spain on Camino Aragonés to connect to Camino Francés from Puente La Reina. (27.03.2020.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ***Since the "Eighties" of last Century there has been Correspondence between Historians from Belgium, Germany and Austria about the Pilgrimage to Santiago leaving from Tavira, by the Eastern Provinces of Portugal, along Guadiana River and along the Castillian-(read Spanish-)Border, known of since the 13th Century(1239/1242). *Many times Pilgrims sailed from Beasuris(Castro Marim) and after the Lisbon Earthquake from Vila Real de Santo António(1776), up Guadiana River north, direction Alcoutim and Mértola, and from there on foot along the river, north to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. *Along the Route of this Pilgrimage, inside of Castles along Guadiana River and the Frontier to Castilla(later Spain), the Pilgrims found shelter and protection for the night, to continue the Caminho along the Route next day. *Because leaving from Tavira was a shorter distance and safer route, many times Pilgrims changed from the Via de la Plata (Castilla-later Spain), into Portugal to continue the Pilgrimage by the Route leaving from Tavira, Caminho do Este de Portugal desde Tavira-Algarve. *Distance from Tavira, starting from Igreja Matriz de Santiago(XIIIth Century)to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is about 960km, 34 Stages, and leaving from Sevilla's Cathedral by the Route of Camino de Santiago "Via de la Plata" to end in Santiago de Compostela at the Cathedral is 1002km. ---------------------------------------------------------------- *For Studying about "O Caminho do Este de Portugal desde Tavira-Algarve" we can recommend: -"A GRANDE OBRA DOS CAMINHOS DE SANTIAGO" - ITER STELLARUM - Hércules de Ediciones - 3 Volumes, Francisco Rodríguez Iglesias, -"POR CAMINHOS DE SANTIAGO" - Itinerários Portugueses para Compostela - Carlos Gil - Joao Rodrigues - Publicacoes Dom Quixote, -Public Libraries in Tavira, VRSA and Castro Marim, **BOM CAMINHO-ITER STELLARUM**