In the middle of a leafy valley is the Benedictine Abbey of Samos, which is still a monastery today, the Royal Monastery of San Julián or San Xián. This temple, …

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Daniela

April 14, 2016

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The Benedictine Monastery of San Xulián de Samos was founded in the 6th century and is an important waypoint on the Camino Francés. Since its founding, it has undergone various changes of ownership and has been destroyed several times by fire. Finally, it had to be rebuilt in 1951.

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Werner Thyssen

April 17, 2018

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The detour to the shorter route via San Xil, the northern variant, was worthwhile. And unlike expected, the way was nice, only the first three kilometers on the little busy road along.

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Elevation 600 m

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