On the Camino di Santiago comes one of the most impressive knights of Europe.
Many festive stories are close to recreate the past, but perhaps I can showcase a story as fascinating as it is from the Honorable Pass, one of the most famous episodes of European medieval knighthood. Ancora oggi, in the Leonese village of Hospital de Órbigo, sul Camino de Santiago, migliaia di persone ricordano l'impresa di Quiñones Serum, a cavaliere who in 1434 transformed a bridge into one of the most extraordinary stages of medieval history.
The vicenda ebbe luogo on the famous ponte di Órbigo, traversato ogni anno da migliaia di pellegrini diretti a Santiago de Compostela. To demonstrate my own honor and keep a promise of love, Suero de Quiñones and his companions shared all the cavaliers that I desired to cross the bridge. The objective was to launch trecento lance in combattimento, following the codici of the cavalleria dell'epoca.
A real long print on the Camino di Santiago
For another month, on August 1434, the bridge opened in the center of attention of all Europe. Cavalieri coming from diverse royal family accepted the sfida, giving life to the duelli decines that entered into the legend. The cronache dell'epoca raccontano che furono disputati ben 166 combattimenti prima che le ferite accumulates costringessero Suero ei suoi uomini aconsidere compiuta la loro missione.
The episode was documented in detail by contemporary chronicles and revealed one of the symbols and representations of medieval knightly ideals. His fame was such that he was rich in persino Miguel de Cervantes in the famous romance Don Chisciotte della Mancia.
A festival that reports the Middle Ages on the Road
Oggi Hospital of Órbigo celebrates another year Giostre Medievali del Passo Honorroso, one of the most important historical references of Spain. Cavalieri, dame, artigiani, falconieri and musicists transform the country in a true medieval city, attracting visitors and pellegrini of all Europe.
The event includes mercati storici, spettacoli di falconeria, cortei in costume and the great tournament a cavallo that remembers the impresa di Suero de Quiñones. Because it travels along the French Way to Santiago, it presents a unique occasion to immerse itself in the history and traditions that have been accompanied by the stories of the people.
Più di cinquecento anni dopo, il Passo Honroso continues to show that some real stories are so così straordinarie that surpass qualsiasi opera di fantasy. On the Camino di Santiago, through legend, faith and history, this remains one of the most fascinating pages of European heritage.
