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)

Fuegos del Apostol Santiago dC 2015

The annual celebration festivities Fuegos del Apostol in Santiago de Compostela are usually a week of music, film, fireworks, cultural programmes and other entertainment and attractions.

July 24 and 25 are the main days. Perhaps you saw earlier great presentations on the facade of the cathedral.

In 2015 this wall presentation concentrated on the other side of the Plaza do Obradoiro.

The gothic facade of the cathedral pyrotechnically rebuilded.

(25:55)

For some other multimedia shows of earlier years with spectacular narrative shows on the cathedral see an earlier post on The Pilgrims Gaze.

To the End of the World

And again a very recommended mini movie on the Camino Frances

by Hank Leukart.

I know I'm hooked to pilgrimage and the camino. Movies like these probably only encourage these feelings.

And again, if you walked this route, you're into memory lane.

Closer to yourself, he says.

Trailrunners for boots, he says.

Why did we go?

Visit David.

Wake up and just walk and walk and walk.

"The camino is gods dream for how people should be when they are with each other."
Well. You know...

(35'06")

The video is here:

or 

here.

Hank Leukart has a travel weblog with more information on his voyage,

and also more on his other trips. 

Check it out at 'Without bagage, travel fearlessly'.

Romanesque impressions

A Romanesque impression of the Way of Saint James.

A combination of Google earth, photography and soundscape.

From Jacca to Fromista, by iGEOTV.

(6:19)

See also this (Spanish) article in ABC Viajar (08062015)
(La joyas del romanico en Navarra)