The pilgrimage, the historical recreation, the medieval festival
In Matosinhos, the link with Santiago to the secular routes of religious pilgrimages is obvious and many are the places of shelter and protection against robbers, wolves and the weather. Bouças Monastery was one of them, but the Monastery of Leça do Balio is paradigmatic in the set of welcoming places and assistance to the pilgrims who were going to visit the Apostle's tomb in Compostela.
The Monastery of Leça do Balio, a magnificent monument of the Portuguese Gothic, is part of the vast World Heritage Site by the Camino de Santiago itineraries traveled by pilgrims from all over Europe. The Order of Hospitallers, which in this monastery made its mother house in Portugal in the twelfth century, was dedicated to this charitable assistance, as was the case with other orders.
In Matosinhos, the link with Santiago to the secular routes of religious pilgrimages is obvious and many are the places of shelter and protection against robbers, wolves and the weather. Bouças Monastery was one of them, but the Monastery of Leça do Balio is paradigmatic in the set of welcoming places and assistance to the pilgrims who were going to visit the Apostle's tomb in Compostela.
The Monastery of Leça do Balio, a magnificent monument of the Portuguese Gothic, is part of the vast World Heritage Site by the Camino de Santiago itineraries traveled by pilgrims from all over Europe. The Order of Hospitallers, which in this monastery made its mother house in Portugal in the twelfth century, was dedicated to this charitable assistance, as was the case with other orders.
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