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The
pilgrims arrive at Logroño by the north of the city. Crossing
the historical Stone Bridge, on the Ebro river, we go to
the Ruavieja street and here it is Pilgrims' Shelter,
inaugurated in 1993. Inside there is a fountain with six stars
that represents the localities by which passes the Way towards
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The travelling ones register in a
book, can be lodged and receive their accreditation, that will
allow them to rest in all the shelters of the route, a map and
a shell or vieira, symbol of the
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The Way goes through the Ruavieja street,
continues in the one of Barriocepo and finishes in the door of the Revellín. In the route we
can see:
Next to the shelter, the
small chapel of San Gregorio Ostiense, dedicated to the saint
who died in Logroño in 1048. He had arrived at the city, by
order of the Pope Juan XVIII,
and released to territories
of the Rioja and Navarre of a plague of lobsters.
The wine cellar of the
Golden Grate, example of the old wine cellarss in the city,
conserves one of the tunnels by which the people left to fish
in the Ebro river, during the siege of the French, in 1521.
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We leave the
Ruavieja street and after crossing the Sagasta street, on the
right it is the Iron Bridge, and we enter the Barriocepo
street. Here it is the Pilgrims' Fountain, that although
recovered, conserves its old layout.On the right, in the
ground of the San Pablo square, the Game of the Oca marks the
stages of the Way according to the "Codex Calixtinus". It was
a guide of trip for the travelling ones, published in 1130,
advised the stages to follow, some lasted several days of
march.
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The church of Santiago
the Real one is located in the North end, from its tower
allowed to watch the river. Constructed on a previous church,
the present data of century 16th. The facade is decorated with
two sculptures of Santiago, one like pilgrim and the other
riding on his horse. The interior is of a single ship, of high
altitude, without central columns. In the greater altar there
is an altarpiece dedicated to the Apostle and we can see an
image of the virgin of the Hope, gothic of century 12th, saint
patron of the city.
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The Parliament, located
in the old convent of the Merced and later Tobacco grower, is
almost at the end of the route.
The door of the Revellín,
with the lateral circle tower, is the only remains of the
walls that surrounded the city, conserves in its facade the
shield of Carlos V.
The Way continues by
modern streets until leaving the city.
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