Crucieros Mark The Way

In nearly all, if not every town, we pass through In Galicia and Portugal, often near churches, but sometimes in the town square or at a crossroads, there are these religious stone pillars or cruceiros often depicting Christ on the cross. As a pilgrim, one can’t help but feel a certain Devine protection along The Way and a real connectedness with the spirituality of this journey. The origin of the cruceiro dates from 1564. Each cross seems to take on the character of those who constructed it. No two seem identical. Whether one is a religious person or not, the spiritual component of the Camino is ever present offering with that an often needed sense of comfort to the pilgrim.