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ID: 5003395
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5003395

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Redecilla del Camino (inhabited place)  Redecilla del Camino (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 26 17 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.4380  decimal degrees
Long: 003 03 56 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.0655  decimal degrees

Note: Redecilla del Camino was one of the pilgrimage sites on route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, home of the shrine dedicated to Saint James, the patron saint of Spain. The symbol of Saint James, the scalloped shell, became the primary symbol representing pilgrims. Various pilgrimage routes in the autonomous communities of Aragon, Navarre, and León correspond to old Roman roads built in the northern portion of the Iberian Peninsula. Redecilla del Camino was situated on an ancient Roman road linking Nájera and Belorado. Historic sites in Redecilla del Camino include a baptismal font and a pilgrims' hospice.

Names:
Redecilla del Camino (preferred,C,V)
Retecilla (H,V)  ............ In 1029 the town was cited with the name Retecilla

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of España (nation)  ........  España (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Castilla y León (autonomous community)  ............  Castilla y León (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of Burgos (province)  ................  Burgos (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Redecilla del Camino (inhabited place)  ....................  Redecilla del Camino (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Redecilla del Camino..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  USBGN: Spain (1961)
Retecilla..........  [VP]
....................  Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995) 297
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -398607
..................  Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995) 297
..................  USBGN: Spain (1961)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995) 297

 

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