Articles on Hobbies

Statue of the apostle Saint James with a halo, an embroidered cloak bearing the cross of Saint James and a pilgrim's staff, on the silver high altar of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Hobbies16 AUG 202644 min

The mysterious Golden Legend of Saint James

The scallop shell, the star, the stone boat and Queen Lupa: the legend of Saint James is a Christian story told over far older layers of the Iberian Peninsula.

A pilgrim with a backpack and walking stick on a hilltop under the Milky Way, looking toward the lit towers of a cathedral on the horizon

Hobbies06 JUL 202625 min

The forgotten route of the ancient builders

Before the French Way existed, an initiatory route of builders already crossed the Pyrenees. I rebuilt its path from the clues left by Louis Charpentier.