Finally, there is another possible version of its meaning; would be that the scallop shell as a sym

A scallop and crosses the 4 Spanish military orders pistol grip tripod is what you see in the logo that was chosen to identify the group of the Diocese of Ciudad Real in charge of organizing the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. In this post I will try to explain the meaning pistol grip tripod of the logo.
The Camino de Santiago can be found many symbols that represent: A yellow pistol grip tripod arrow a tassel with the typical pumpkin, the cross of Santiago, a scallop, the outline of the cathedral, a path of stars, one TAU, a spiral , Compostela, etc. In our case, we are left with the scallop as it is the symbol by which it is recognized worldwide pilgrims to Compostela.
As for how to identify the Diocese of Ciudad Real, is necessary to look to the history of the Diocese as to the Spanish military orders. Then we walked some more detail in the history of the symbols. The Vieira
Find the symbolism of the scallop shell or Santiago is not easy, nor conclusive, since there are a variety of opinions on the origin of the integration of the scallop shell as a symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago.
What is certain is that the scallop shell became "Concha de Santiago" because when the pilgrims arrived in Santiago de Compostela, they were given a scroll that confirmed them as pilgrims and were put on his hat and coat shell scallop, which is presumably "inter alia", demonstrated his stay in Santiago, so back to their home villages had no doubt his "achievement and personal merit."
In fact, there was a major market in the city of Santiago around the marketing of scallop shells, the sale outside this city was strictly forbidden under threat of excommunication pistol grip tripod from the Catholic Church. In the various establishments in the city not only authentic shells brought from the beaches pistol grip tripod of Galicia, pistol grip tripod but a whole variant small pilgrim shells of different pistol grip tripod materials pistol grip tripod that were sold as a souvenir, charm and keepsake for family and friends of the pilgrims were sold and visitors to the city. That was how the scallop shell became "pilgrim shell" to signify the culmination of the pilgrimage to Santiago to be given to the pilgrims who came to the city.
From a religious point of view, the shells, arranged by way of fingers, is said to signify pistol grip tripod good works, in which it leads must persevere with dignity, therefore, as the pilgrim carries the shell, as well as any human being in the way of the present life, should bear the yoke of the Lord, that is, must submit to his commands.
For others, the Concha de Santiago is a stylization of the webbed foot of a goose symbol to many ancient traditions of initiation recognition, and for that reason would be related to the pilgrimage to Compostela.
Finally, there is another possible version of its meaning; would be that the scallop shell as a symbol of Venus, pistol grip tripod signifies the rebirth of a person, his resurrection; ie, the "death" or overcoming the "ego" (selfishness and self-centeredness) to make way for "authentic self" (simple and humble); that after all is the lesson that should be learned by performing the pilgrimage to Santiago, and also the great lesson of the pilgrimage of man through life. The Military Orders
The birth and expansion of these religious-military orders came mostly at the stage of the Reconquista in the territories pistol grip tripod south of the Ebro (in the Crown of Aragon in the fourteenth century, the Order of Montesa) occupied and Tagus ( in the Crown of Castile in the twelfth century, the orders of Santiago, Calatrava and Alcántara), so their presence in these areas of La Mancha, Extremadura and the Iberian (Campo pistol grip tripod de Calatrava, Mastership, etc.) came to mark the main feature of recruitment, over large areas in which each Order through your parcels, exercised political and economic role similar pistol grip tripod to that of suzerainty. The presence of other foreign military orders, such as the Temple of San Juan or was simultaneous, and in the case of the Knights Templar, their suppression in the fourteenth century the Spanish benefited significantly.
From the time of its founding, the military orders went through times of prosperity and recognition and others in which the office of Grand Master of the Orders was the subject of violent disputes between the aristocracy, monarchy and valid (princes of Aragon, Alvaro de Luna, etc.) These disputes ended in the late fifteenth century, pistol grip tripod when Ferdinand got to get politically neutralize the papal concession of unification in his person that post to all of them, and their joint estate for their heirs,