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Elías Valiña and the yellow arrows

Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Ancares, Lugo

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Elías Valiña and the yellow arrows

Curiosity · Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Ancares, Lugo

Image of Pedrafita do Cebreiro, not of the place itself.

The parish priest of O Cebreiro Elías Valiña, a scholar of the Camino who died in 1989, promoted the waymarking with yellow arrows that today guides pilgrims across Europe; his grave is beside the sanctuary.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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