Santiago de Compostela

The pilgrim is supposed to have passed by the Chapel of St Lazarus and the Church of St Pedro to enter by the Puerta del Camino o Francígena where there were hospices and moneychangers and the archbishops received the keys of the city.

He went up the streets Casas Reales, Plaza de las Ánimas and then Plaza de Cervantes, Azabachería... And at last the first vision of the Cathedral "La Puerta de la Azabachería" (Azabachería door) .

Monte del Gozo

There are no churches in this last stage and there are no traces of old hospitals. Santiago is there at the reach of our hands. The Codex of Calixtus refers to the present-day Lavacolla as Lavamentula. Before entering Compostela, pilgrims used to wash themselves in this river after such a long journey because they loved the apostle so much. This water might also symbolize the purity the sufferings of the road had given to their spirits.