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Portuguese Way, the Glossary

The Portuguese Way (Caminho Português, Camino Portugués) is the name of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes starting in Portugal.^[1]

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Camino de Santiago routes
Hiking trails in Portugal
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A Guarda

A Guarda is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain.

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Afonso IOr also Affonso (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence.

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Age of Discovery

The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail.

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Alcobaça Monastery

The Alcobaça Monastery or Alcobasa Monastery (Mosteiro de Alcobaça, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça) is a Catholic monastic complex located in the town of Alcobaça (or Alcobasa), in central Portugal, north of Lisbon and south of Coimbra.

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Ave River

Ave River (Rio Ave) is a river in Northern Portugal.

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Barcelos Bridge

Barcelos Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Cávado River in Barcelos, Portugal.

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Braga Cathedral

The Cathedral of Braga (Sé de Braga) is a Roman Catholic church in the northern city of Braga, Portugal.

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Caldas da Rainha

Caldas da Rainha is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria.

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Caldas de Reis

Caldas de Reis is a municipality in the north of the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

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Caminha

Caminha is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana do Castelo District.

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Camino de Santiago

The Camino de Santiago (Peregrinatio Compostellana,; O Camiño de Santiago), or in English the Way of St. Portuguese Way and Camino de Santiago are Hiking trails in Spain.

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Carrack

A carrack is a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship that was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Europe, most notably in Portugal and Spain.

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Castle Lupario

The Castle Lupario, also known as the Castle Beca, is a Gallaeci castro located between the towns of, (Brión) and (Rois).

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Castro culture

Castro culture (cultura castrexa, cultura castreja, cultura castriega, cultura castreña, meaning "culture of the hillforts") is the archaeological term for the material culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day northern and central Portugal together with the Spanish regions of Galicia, Asturias, and western León) from the end of the Bronze Age (c.

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Cávado River

The Cávado River (rio Cávado) is a river located in northern Portugal.

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Celtici

The Celtici (in Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician languages, Célticos) were a Celtic tribe or group of tribes of the Iberian peninsula, inhabiting three definite areas: in what today are the regions of Alentejo and the Algarve in Portugal; in the Province of Badajoz and north of Province of Huelva in Spain, in the ancient Baeturia; and along the coastal areas of Galicia.

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Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita

The Church of Cedofeita (Igreja de Cedofeita) is a medieval church in the civil parish of Cedofeita, municipality of Porto, in the northern Grande Porto Subregion of Portugal.

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Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.

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Coimbra

Coimbra (also,, or) is a city and a municipality in Portugal.

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Cycling

Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle.

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Dom Luís I Bridge

The Dom Luís I Bridge (Ponte de Dom Luís I), or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal.

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Douro

The Douro (Duero; Mirandese: Douro ˈdowɾʊ; Durius) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge.

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Esposende

Esposende is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal.

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Free Press (publisher)

Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

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French Way

The French Way (Camiño francés, Camino francés) follows the GR 65 and is the most popular of the routes of the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago), the ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Portuguese Way and French Way are Camino de Santiago routes and Hiking trails in Spain.

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Galicia (Spain)

Galicia (Galicia (officially) or Galiza; Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.

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Gomes Eanes de Zurara

Gomes Eanes de Zurara (c. 1410 – c. 1474), sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after Fernão Lopes.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Hape Kerkeling

Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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I'm Off Then

I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago (Ich bin dann mal weg) is a book by German writer Hape Kerkeling written in 2006 and translated into English in 2009.

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Iria Flavia

Iria Flavia or simply Iria in Galicia, northwestern Spain, is an ancient settlement and former bishopric in the modern municipality of Padrón, which remains a Catholic titular see.

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James the Great

James the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Labruja

Labruja is a civil parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Ponte de Lima in northern Portugal.

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Lantern tower

In architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through which light from outside can shine down to the crossing (so it also called a crossing lantern).

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Lethe

In Greek mythology, Lethe (Ancient Greek: Λήθη Lḗthē), also referred to as Lesmosyne, was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades.

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Lima River

The Lima River (Portuguese name; known as Limia in Spanish and Galician) runs west from the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain to Portugal, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean at Viana do Castelo, covering.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lisbon Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa or Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Major), often called Lisbon Cathedral or simply the Sé (Sé de Lisboa), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I (31 May 146913 December 1521), known as the Fortunate (O Venturoso), was King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521.

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Matosinhos

Matosinhos is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre).

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Minho (river)

The Minho or Miño (Miniu) is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of.

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Monastery of Rates

The Monastery of Rates (Mosteiro de Rates) was a Benedictine monastery located in the parish of Rates in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal.

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Monastery of Santa Clara

Monastery of Santa Clara or Convent of Santa Clara in Vila do Conde, Portugal was one of the biggest and richest feminine convents in Portugal, founded in 1318, by Afonso Sanches and his wife, Teresa Martins Telo.

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Mos, Spain

Mos is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain.

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Nabia

Nabia (or Navia) was a goddess of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, although she also had an extended cult during the Roman occupation of the peninsula.

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O Porriño

O Porriño is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

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Oia, Spain

Oia is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain.

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Padrón

Padrón is a concello (Galician for municipality) in the Province of A Coruña, in Galicia (Spain) within the comarca of O Sar.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Palácio da Bolsa

The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in Porto, Portugal.

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Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre.

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Peter of Rates

Peter of Rates (Pedro de Rates), also known in English as Peter of Braga, is traditionally considered to be the first bishop of Braga between the years AD 45 and 60.

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Ponte de Lima

Ponte de Lima is the oldest vila (chartered town, head of a municipality) in Portugal.

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Ponte Eiffel

Ponte Eiffel is a multi-level road–rail bridge crossing the Lima River in Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

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Pontecesures

Pontecesures is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

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Pontevedra

Pontevedra is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

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Porto

Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portugal–Spain border

The Portugal–Spain border, also referred to as "The Stripe" (La Raya, A Raia, A Raia, La Raia), is one of the oldest geopolitical borders in the world.

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Praça da República (Póvoa de Varzim)

Praça da República (literally Republic Square), formerly named Largo de São Roque (Saint Roch Square) is a small square in the city of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal.

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Province of A Coruña

The province of A Coruña (La Coruña; historical Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia.

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Province of Pontevedra

Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way.

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Rates (Póvoa de Varzim)

Rates is a Portuguese parish and a former township located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim.

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Redondela

Redondela is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga

The Archdiocese of Braga (Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Royal Monastery of Santa María de Oia

The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Oia is a former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1137.

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Rua da Junqueira

Rua da Junqueira, mostly known simply as Junqueira, is a traditional shopping street in Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal.

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Saint Roch

Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague.

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Sancho II of Portugal

Sancho II (8 September 1207 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched (o Capelo), alternatively, the Pious (o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248.

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Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

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Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

The Santiago de Compostela Arch cathedral Basilica (Spanish and Galician: Catedral Basílica de Santiago de Compostela) is part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and is an integral component of the Santiago de Compostela World Heritage Site in Galicia, Spain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Way

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Portuguese Way, the Glossary

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See also

Camino de Santiago routes

Hiking trails in Portugal

Hiking trails in Spain

References