An ancient, mystical mountain village on the border with Galicia. Famous for its thatched-roof stone houses and Romanesque church, it is the home of the miracle of the Holy Grail.
O Cebreiro lies at an elevation of about 1,300 meters and often greets pilgrims with veils of fog and a mystical atmosphere. The village is known for its “pallozas”—round, thatched-roof stone houses of Celtic origin that remained inhabited well into the 20th century. The 9th-century pre-Romanesque church of Santa María la Real is the oldest fully preserved church on the Way of St. James. It houses the chalice from the famous “Miracle of the Grail at O Cebreiro” dating from the year 1300.
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O Cebreiro
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42.707855, -7.044004
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42°42'28.3"N 7°02'38.4"W
UTM
29T 660185 4730228
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Distance
788 km
Duration
211:00 h
Ascent
11,111 m
Descent
11,091 m
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Difficulty
difficult
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Distance
788 km
Duration
211:00 h
Ascent
11,111 m
Descent
11,091 m
The Spanish Camino de Santiago takes us in 33 stages from the French Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port over the Pyrenees to Navarra and into the vineyards ...
from Svenja Trachte,
ADAC Wanderführer

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