Monday 25th October to Sunday 31st October 2010 25.10.10 Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

Monday 25th October to Sunday 31st October 2010

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November 8th 2010
Monday 25th October to Sunday 31st October 2010 Monday 25th Oct 2010 Santiago de Compostela - Spain. Tom up at 6am and off for a bicycle ride. Then into town after brekkie. Went thru the St James Cathedral Museum. www.catedralesantiago.es . Watched a video in Spanish about reconstruction - it helped our understanding. Some very old tapestries - all in all quite good and what we learned at t ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more