CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
Another relevant fact on the history of this muncipality is that it forms part of la
Ruta del Sureste del Camino de Santiago. The assocation of Friends of El Camino Santiago de Alicante y Ávila is working to recover the Camino del Sureste. These assocations ensure that the true path of Santiago starts from any point of the Spanish geography, with needing to come close to Santiago from Roncesvalles, the popular French path. The historic document is an
ancient guide published in 1546 by the royal "cartero" Pedro Juan Villuga with the title "Repertorio de todos los caminos de España hasta agoré nunca visto en el cual hallaran cualquier viaje que quieran andar muy provechoso para todos los caminantes". The path covers 1,5050km and is from Alicante or Musica crossing the provinces of Albacete, Toledo, Madrid, Ávila, Valladolid y Zamora, ending up in Benavente with the the route of silver and in Astorga (León) continuing on with the French path.
In the province of Ávila it covers 116km and comes from El Tiemblo, El Barraco, Ávila, Narrillos de San Leonardo, Cardeñosa, Peñalba de Ávila, Gotarrendura, Hernansacho, Villanueva de Gomez, El Bohodon, Tiñosillos, Arévalo and Palacios de Goda. The township has shown the route by putting signs up showing the symbol of the path with a distance showing how far it is between Alicante and Santiago de Compostela
(www.amigosdelcaminoenavila.org)
