Saint Jacques

A documentary on French parts of the Camino. Les chemins de Saint Jacques de Compostelle.

(Select automatic translation in Youtube to at least have an idea of what's been said as the documentary is in French)

2018

France-3

(25:38)

Pilgrimage & Paris & Contemplation

A collection of movies related to pilgrimage and related to Paris.

Have a look at an initiative to place bronze waymarkers, visit Pere Lachaise and the Tour St Jacques and enjoy some music from the 'Messe de St. Jacques'.

Bronze waymarkers on the pilgrimage route through Paris?

Regnier Junior

(2:40)

An update on the bronze markers from july 2016

A personal pilgrimage Pere Lachaise

Rick Steves Europe

(2:58)

Tour de Saint Jacques, Paris

"The tower's rich decoration reflects the wealth of its patrons, the wholesale butchers of the nearby Les Halles market. The masons in charge were Jean de Felin, Julien Ménart and Jean de Revier. It was built in 1509 to 1523, during the reign of King Francis I. With a dedication to Saint James the Great, the ancient church[2] and its landmark tower welcomed pilgrims setting out on the road that led to Tours and headed for the way of St James, which led to the major pilgrimage destination of Santiago de Compostela. A relic of the saint preserved in the church linked it the more strongly and in modern times occasioned its listing in 1998 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO among the sites and structures marking the chemins de Compostelle, the pilgrimage routes in France that led like tributaries of a great stream headed towards Santiago in the northwest of Spain."

Travel and discover

(2:21)

Some more on the history Of the St Jacques Tower

WorldSiteGuides

(4:39)

Timelapse Tour Saint Jacques 

ToutParisEnVideo

(1:11)

And finally a musical outro.

"Sanctus de la "Messe de Saint Jacques" de Y. Olivet
Coro diocesano de París
Ensemble de Solistas de la Maitrise de Notre Dame.
Paris - Francia.
Domingo in Albis 2010.
Gran Órgano: Jean-Pierre Leguay
Órgano de Coro: Yves Castagnet"

Marco Echeverría

(1:27)

A Thousand Miles LePuy, Del Norte, Primitivo, Finisterre.

Surprise your ears and eyes with this pilgrimage from Le Puy in France, along the northern routes of the Camino del Norte en the Camino Primitivo and continuing after Santiago on th Camino Finisterre to the ocean.

2014

Robin Pigott

(15:01)

Robin walked the Via de la Plata the year after.
If you liked this video, have a look at that voyage.

Voie du Piémont Pyrénéen

Somewhat south of the Via Tolosana in France you'll find the Voie du Piémont Pyrénéen from Narbonne, Lourdes, Saint Jean Pied de Port and Roncesvalles following the foothills of the Pyreneees.

GR78

Get an impression from the videos below.

VPPYR

2009

(7:07)

Chemincompostelle

2013

(4:19)

and finally this two part presentation from Evelyne Nicolas.

2013

(11:03 and 10:10)

pt 1 

pt 2

Interested in walking this fine route, see maps of stages here.

List of places to stay here.

More info on stages with maps and places to stay here. One of the few not in French ;-)

Sacred Journeys

Sometimes one of the sister blogs points to the other.

So I would like to point to Pilgrimage and Place for the documentary series from Bruce Feiler on Sacred Journeys.

Faith
in Lourdes,
on the Shikoku,
in Jerusalem,
in Mecca,
on the Kumbh Mela
and Osun Osogbo in Central Africa.

See it here.

Both Pilgrimage and Place as The Pilgrims Gaze are blogs by me.

Pilgrimage and place has no unique focus on film, documentary and youtube movies but also looks at more background subjects regarding pilgrimage and place. So also expect more stuff on spirituality, on poetry, on pilgrimage to a bench or a grave....

Both have the possibility to leave your email so you'll get an update as soon as new items are added.

Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve (2013)

Perhaps you watched the BBC series on pilgrimage

with Simon Reeve earlier in 2013.

If not, here's your chance.

Holy Island to Canterbury

57:36

(Alternate location here)

France, Camino, St Bernard, San Giovanni, Rome

 58:56

(No alternate location found yet ;-(

Holy Land, Jerusalem

58:59

(Alternate location here)

CH, F and ES

A somewhat artistic impression

from Nouly (3 months of Walking, El Camino in Winter).

Nouly's own words:

"In the winter of 03/04 I walked to Santiago de Compostela. It took me two weeks to cross Switzerland from east to west. Crossing France from Geneva to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port took 6 weeks and was quite hard: It was cold and often rainy, there are few hours of daylight and it can be difficult to find accommodation. On the other hand everyone in France was very supportive and you form a special bond with the few pilgrims you meet. Crossing northern Spain from mid January to mid February was bliss. There's no real off season for the Camino from Pamplona to Santiago, people who do the camino in winter might be a bit quirkier though - which is all the more interesting. Still freezing cold at times with some snow, but you never spend an evening neither alone nor in a crowded place. Any time of year and wherever you start from: just START WALKING!"

(4:12)

Un chemin magique

In this impression Jerome Bono walks his 68 days from Puy-en-Valey in France to Santiago, 1600 km.

As he says:

"Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, un chemin magique."

You can image after seeing this presentation
of movie, stills and adorable music.

2015

(25:26)

De Paris à Saint-Jacques de Compostelle

This is a photographic / musical tour following the Camino starting in Paris, continuing to Irun, following the Camino del Norte and the Camino Primitivo.

A nice ' unforgetable human adventure' as Didier (DVR12) says.

Join him in this two part travel.

2015

part 1, 25:00

part 2, 25:01