Some cities are striving to achieve a degree of cultural capital as a form of promotion and conveniently positioned in the global economy. But sometimes, as in many things, people and circumstances are the ones who get a point and city stand out from others. Already in the ninth century prided Compostela to hold the remains of St. James the Great, but the city gets its momentum in an exact date: the year 1100, when he was appointed Bishop Diego Gelmírez, who manages, with remarkable tenacity and dedication, which is Compostela, along with Jerusalem and Rome, a city of pilgrimage.
is obvious that the figure of Santiago had no religious significance to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem or the remains of St. Peter in Rome, the first required a dangerous journey, but allowed to live where religion was conceived, and Rome , besides being the center of religious politics, had a rich culture and unique monumental. Gelmírez going to Rome two Sometimes, on a difficult journey through northern Spain, where he was banished Aragon avoiding the former Bishop of Compostela, Diego Pelaez, across France, and Italy. Previously he had been in Portugal, in Braga, which also spurred the construction of a church of pilgrimage, contains relics of saints, with the excuse that they were subject to care and due worship, and takes them to Compostela, reinforcing their arguments to make the archiepiscopal city. Twenty years later he was granted this distinction, and between 1100 and 1140 constructed the temple not only more meaningful and functional for long-distance pilgrimages, but gives way to a destination with unique significance.
Compostela and the Way of Santiago have been interpreted from a religious, cultural, architectural and artistic philosophy of life, linking European countries, and economic. Some approaches are questionable, as if the roads were European arteries default or spontaneous movement of pilgrims, the influence of other cities, or trade between workshops and artisans. But discussions are irrelevant compared to the results, as is trying to reduce what he has to do with Compostela and the Way to costs or economic data. As
trip, the pilgrimage is marked, even today, by the austerity and rigor as opposed to other aspects of modern life. The purpose is something intangible, has an international reference with a local base and features very meanings and rituals, a strong cultural component, which calls for very different audiences, and a brand that makes it unique and original. Gelmírez promoted infrastructure, water, hospitals, grammar schools, palaces, and the works of the cathedral services were emerging and diversified to meet the needs of travelers throughout the centuries. This man, "affectionate, creative and humorous," taught an idea, hard work and effort, believe in what you do, and some luck, can yield results that range for centuries, and last longer than an ephemeral cultural capital. Gumersindo
is obvious that the figure of Santiago had no religious significance to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem or the remains of St. Peter in Rome, the first required a dangerous journey, but allowed to live where religion was conceived, and Rome , besides being the center of religious politics, had a rich culture and unique monumental. Gelmírez going to Rome two Sometimes, on a difficult journey through northern Spain, where he was banished Aragon avoiding the former Bishop of Compostela, Diego Pelaez, across France, and Italy. Previously he had been in Portugal, in Braga, which also spurred the construction of a church of pilgrimage, contains relics of saints, with the excuse that they were subject to care and due worship, and takes them to Compostela, reinforcing their arguments to make the archiepiscopal city. Twenty years later he was granted this distinction, and between 1100 and 1140 constructed the temple not only more meaningful and functional for long-distance pilgrimages, but gives way to a destination with unique significance.
Compostela and the Way of Santiago have been interpreted from a religious, cultural, architectural and artistic philosophy of life, linking European countries, and economic. Some approaches are questionable, as if the roads were European arteries default or spontaneous movement of pilgrims, the influence of other cities, or trade between workshops and artisans. But discussions are irrelevant compared to the results, as is trying to reduce what he has to do with Compostela and the Way to costs or economic data. As
trip, the pilgrimage is marked, even today, by the austerity and rigor as opposed to other aspects of modern life. The purpose is something intangible, has an international reference with a local base and features very meanings and rituals, a strong cultural component, which calls for very different audiences, and a brand that makes it unique and original. Gelmírez promoted infrastructure, water, hospitals, grammar schools, palaces, and the works of the cathedral services were emerging and diversified to meet the needs of travelers throughout the centuries. This man, "affectionate, creative and humorous," taught an idea, hard work and effort, believe in what you do, and some luck, can yield results that range for centuries, and last longer than an ephemeral cultural capital. Gumersindo
Ruiz.
(Grupo Joly 11/09/2010)
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