Legend has it that she was a virgin he left Ephesus to walk a pilgrimage to the tomb of the apostle

Legend has it that she was a virgin he left Ephesus to walk a pilgrimage to the tomb of the apostle Santiago and Pontevedra passing by, stopped to rest. It is not known if this story or based on other traditions of the time, in 1753 the city came in a congregation dedicated to the cult of the Virgin del Camino. Eventually, it would become the Congregation of Our Lady of Refuge, Divine Pilgrim, and boost the construction of a tempo. It would be the origin seashells wholesale of the shrine A Peregrina, a church plant in the form of scallop shell carrying two and a half centuries linking Pontevedra with the history of pilgrimages.
The sanctuary seashells wholesale has just received the maximum protection of Galicia, its designation as a Site of Cultural Interest seashells wholesale (BIC). Pontevedra celebrated Friday with a memorial at the gates of the temple, but, above all, taking a look back to the origins of self and its relationship to the history of the city. Recalling that the award has been given to be a temple "linked to the Camino de Santiago" and which is "one of the few examples of churches with central plant."
The Sanctuary of the Pilgrim is at a crossroads at the foot of the door Trabancas point by which the Portuguese Camino de Santiago crossed the medieval city walls and into the city. It is also a place to converge the interests of the religious community, friends of pilgrimages and the road, and architecture buffs. An icon that, at present, is the largest meeting place and landmark of the city.
The history of this building is inextricably linked to that of the city itself, the evolution of the Camino de Santiago and the Confraternity of the Rosary. The eighteenth-century chronicles tell that in 1753 were children from the neighborhood of Our Lady of the Way who sponsored a congregation dedicated to the cult of the Virgin del Camino. Devotion seashells wholesale to the image grew and increased donations and heritage, but also tensions with two virgins who worshiped in the same image.
That was the turning point for the construction of a place of worship to the new Madonna. In 1757 a specific shrine was constructed in the chapel of the Virgen del Camino, but disagreements continued with two images, resulting in 1776 in the image and altar were removed from the original tempo and moved to a wooden chapel located in the site occupied by the present sanctuary. Transfers and grants brothers
The land was donated by one of the members of the fraternity seashells wholesale and in 1778 the wooden seashells wholesale temple began to be replaced by stone thanks to another donation from a member of the congregation, whose property had just opened a quarry. In June of that year the foundation stone of a sanctuary that followed the plans of the militia sergeant Antonio de Souto, which is billed as a mixture of late Galician Baroque and neoclassical forms prevailing in the late eighteenth century was placed.
The Brotherhood of A Pilgrim emphasizes that "Sanctuary expensive works were borne with own income and the sale of prints seashells wholesale and medals and, most especially, thanks to the generous donations and alms which were contributed by the devotees." A unique temple
The uniqueness that is striking in a first approach to the sanctuary seashells wholesale of A Pilgrim is your plant. Along with the rectangular hall, the presbytery and the facade, form a type of scallop shell, symbol par excellence of the pilgrimage seashells wholesale to Santiago. The head end and two lateral projections vestries leave another characteristic form of Camino de Santiago, the cross.
Both elements date and the date on which the temple was first opened in 1792, the year in which the bells, the door and the windows were also placed, but in which the Virgin had a sanctuary without atrium. Two years later, the construction would be consecrated, but good luck to him would be short. In 1795 a storm caused severe damage and knocked down part of the north tower.
Until 80 years later, in 1873, the tower was not rebuilt. Yes, the duties were done right and two lightning rods were installed. In that same decade the sanctuary lived a moment that would change his image forever. Works Urban Renewal Pontevedra replaced in 1880 by the initial court presiding over the temple steps today. seashells wholesale The investment was made to honor the patron then it was in the province and the Way. A collection of decorative elements
The current sanctuary has been including new decorative elements are involved as in the history of the city and linking their redevelopment. In 1896, for example, placed in the clock tower and the bells of the Hospital of St. John of God who had just been demolished.
In the twentieth century, a new atrium lived remodel