EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO IN NAVARRE ( Some reviews ) The pilgrimage route was a vital contribution to the economic, artistic , historical and demographic development of Navarra. There is evidence of pagan sun worship rituals leading to Finisterre , the Finis Terrae the westernmost end of Europa.Pero fame undoubtedly due to the Apostle James the Greater , son of Zebedee and Salome, who was executed by Herod Agrippa year 42 . According to tradition, his body was taken by boat to Spain and buried in Iria Flavia . It will be during the reign of Alfonso II of Asturias when a prodigy by his grave is in the year 813 , extending immediately pilgrimages from all corners of Christianity and becoming a symbol of the reconquest . Your own layout is parelelo territorial expanxión the Kingdom of Navarre against the Muslim dominated : first routes were used as the northernmost and Sancho Garces I ( 905-925 ) began the reconquest , it moved southwards using the old road Roman to Pamplona , founding populations and granting privileges.
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