Camino Primitivo, Day 4

 VILLAPAÑADA – SALAS

 

 

It was great to find coolness in the deep, shady ravines under canopies of sweet chestnut and oak trees.

Sometimes, it felt like walking through a cathedral of nature.

In the villages, Mediterranean plants were growing  – camellias, lemon trees, and passionflowers.

 

 

One of many hórreos
One of many hórreos

 

 

 

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Camellia
Camellia

 

 

Passion flower
Passion flower

 

At the village of Cornellana, I passed the Benedictine monastery San Salvador (11th century). As one of the most important monasteries in Asturia, it cared for the pilgrims for centuries. In the 19th  century, it was closed and dissolved. Now it is renovated and functions as a monastery again.  It houses also an albergue.

 

 

Benedictine monastery San Salvador
Benedictine monastery San Salvador

 

Like the millions of pilgrims before me, I enjoyed the ancient wells along the way. At the old stone bridge Ponte del Casazorrina, I took a rest.  I had still 4 miles to go to Salas. Today, my legs felt tired.

 

 

Fuente Caliente
Fuente Caliente

 

 

 

Ponte de Casazorrina
Ponte de Casazorrina

 

 

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Salas is a picturesque little town with Medieval and Renaissance buildings.  A nice and new albergue provided a very comfortable stay.

 

Fortification tower of Salas, 14th century
Fortification tower of Salas, 14th century

 

 

Colegiata Santa Maria la Mayor (1549)
Colegiata Santa Maria la Mayor (1549)

 

 

Kitchen and eating room in the albergue
Kitchen and eating room in the albergue

 

 

Sleeping room
Sleeping room

 

 

gwwien
gwwienhttps://simplyjustwalking.com
Born and raised in a village along the Danube in Austria, Traude Wild soon ventured out into the world. After a two-year program for tourism in Klesheim/Salzburg, she spent nearly a year in South Africa and Namibia. By returning back to Austria, she acquired a Master of Economics at the University of Vienna. After moving to the United States with her four children, she studied Art History at Arizona State University and stayed in the United States for fourteen years. Here, she was teaching Art History in several Universities like Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now, she lives partially in Arizona and Vienna and works together with her husband for the University of South-Carolina, Moore School of business as Adjunct Professor organising and leading Study tours in Central Europe. She also teaches at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Since 1999, she is practicing Zen meditation in the lineage of Katagiri Roshi. She loves to hike and to write and is a student of Natalie Goldberg. During her often many weeks long hikes she brings her awareness into the Here and Now, describing her experiences in an authentic way. She loves to walk pilgrimages. The longest hike so far was the 1,400 km long 88 Temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan in 2016.

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