The first African Camino de Santiago. The presidents of Melilla and Galicia, Juan José Imbroda and Alfonso Rueda, respectively, inaugurated this Wednesday in the autonomous city the Via Rusadir, the first Camino de Santiago that passes through the autonomous city. During the event they discovered a stone cairn brought expressly from the north of Spain.
The kilometer milestone is located in the walled area of Melilla la Vieja, specifically at the Santiago Gate, one of the most emblematic of the fortification, with a plaque that informs of the distance that separates Melilla from the Galician capital: 972.09 kilometers.
On the milestone, as usual, there is also a scallop shell, symbol of the Camino, and a yellow arrow pointing to the left, guiding pilgrims towards the chapel of Santiago, the only Gothic style chapel in Africa.
A few meters higher, in the same direction, is the Melilla la Vieja lighthouse, headquarters of the Melilla Monumental Foundation, where the credentials of those who start the Via Rusadir will be stamped. starting this Thursday.
After discovering the kilometer marker, which was covered with regional flags, Imbroda and Rueda have received the first two credentials with the seal of this new route, a red sealing wax with the ties of the flags of Melilla and Spain, which is shaped like a shell and inside the silhouette of the Melilla la Vieja Lighthouse has been included.
The name of the route, Via Rusadir, is the name given by the Phoenicians to Melilla in the 8th century BC The inauguration ceremony coincided, according to the EFE agency, with the 250th anniversary of the Uprising of the Siege, the end of the longest and most important siege that the city has suffered in its history.
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