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The Women of Compostela
Behind the walls of Compostela lived women with names: abbesses who barricaded themselves against reform, nuns who fled by night, orphan girls, the university's first woman graduate and the founders of Belvís.
The University and Life in the Rúas in Santiago de Compostela: audio walks
How did the Compostela beyond the Cathedral live?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksCompostela doesn't end at the cathedral. The university, market and life in the rúas offer other ways into its history. These walks approach students, residents and everyday places, paying attention to the city where people studied, worked and walked as well as to the city welcoming pilgrims at the end of their journey.
In “Women of Compostela”: Behind the walls of Compostela lived women with names: abbesses who barricaded themselves against reform, nuns who fled by night, orphan girls, the university's first woman graduate and the founders of Belvís.
In “Compostela in Revolt”: You start at a gate that no longer exists, the one the city handed to a French archbishop before shutting him inside his cathedral for thirteen days.
In “University, Market”: You climb the Rúa Nova, the twelfth-century "new street", reach the only gate in the city walls still standing and carry on to the university of the stone giants.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Santiago de Compostela. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Compostela in Revolt
You start at a gate that no longer exists, the one the city handed to a French archbishop before shutting him inside his cathedral for thirteen days.
University, Market and the Old Streets
You climb the Rúa Nova, the twelfth-century "new street", reach the only gate in the city walls still standing and carry on to the university of the stone giants.
Santiago de Compostela, before you go
Granite, arcades and squares where someone has always just arrived. Santiago invites a slower walk, with a layer handy and time to wait for a shower to pass.
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