Paul Christian Gordon

Narcea

Overgrown cloister at the ruin of the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Obona along the Camino Primitivo. After visiting, King Alfonso IX designated the monastery as a place of mandatory passage for pilgrims in the 12th century. This less-traveled route of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage runs southwest from the Asturian capital of Oviedo, eventually joining the Camino Frances and ending in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.

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Contained in galleries: Northern Spain, Camino Primitivo

Overgrown cloister at the ruin of the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Obona along the Camino Primitivo. After visiting, King Alfonso IX designated the monastery as a place of mandatory passage for pilgrims in the 12th century. This less-traveled route of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage runs southwest from the Asturian capital of Oviedo, eventually joining the Camino Frances and ending in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.