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St. Guilhem  
   

St. Guilhem

The old church in the background and the cloister in the foreground. This was an important place for pilgrims. It houses some relics (bones) of St. Guilhem and a reliquary reported to contain a piece of the True Cross.
St Guilhem le Désert

March 17th 2019
We have long been interested in the Chemin de St Jacques, the Pilgrim’s Way from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Well, not enough to actually walk it ourselves but it has been fun to follow the adventures of various friends who have walked it. One of the trails passes through Montpellier and we have walked the route through the city, several portions of it before we ... read more
Europe » France » Languedoc-Roussillon » Montpellier

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