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The Via Podiensis or the Le Puy Route is one of the four routes through France on the pilgrimage to the tomb of St. James the Great in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwest Spain. It leaves from Puy-en-Velay and crosses the countryside in stages to the basque village of Ostabat. Near there it merges with two of the other routes, the via Turonensis and the via Lemovicensiswhich merge a little earlier.The three then become the Navarre Route, passing via the French town of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and crossing the Pyrenees and the Spanish border by one path or another to Roncesvalles in the Spanish province of Basse-Navarre. Together they serve as the principal pilgrimage route across Spain, known as the Camino frances. The fourth French route, the via Tolosane, crosses the Pyrenees at a different point (Somport), becomes the Aragonese Way when it enters Spain, and joins the Camino frances further to the west.Before le Puy, the via Gebennensis leaves from Geneva, gathering Swiss and German pilgrims and feeding into the via Podiensis. Though it bears a Latin name, the via Gebennensis is a modern route laid out in 1980-90, though the numerous hospitals it passes testify to the passage of pilgrims along this route in earlier ages.From Geneva to the Pyrenees, the two routes (via Gebennensis and via Podiensis) are waymarked as one of the French major hiking routes, the GR 65, with a few local variations or detours, including GR 651 through the valley of Célé and GR 652 via Rocamadour.

Le Puy en Velay, Cathedrale Notre Dame

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Created 24-May-18
Modified 24-May-18

Le Puy en Velay, Hotel Dieu

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Created 7-May-17
Modified 7-May-17
Le Puy en Velay, Hotel Dieu

Chemin, Nasbinals - Saint Chély d'Aubrac

142 photos
Created 24-May-18
Modified 24-May-18
Chemin, Nasbinals - Saint Chély d'Aubrac

Saint Chély d'Aubrac, Pont des Pelerins

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Created 11-May-17
Modified 11-May-17
Saint Chély d'Aubrac, Pont des Pelerins

Chemin, Saint Cômes d'Olt - Estaing

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Created 24-May-18
Modified 24-May-18
Chemin, Saint Cômes d'Olt - Estaing

Espalion, Pont Vieux

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Created 14-May-17
Modified 14-May-17

Estaing, Pont sur le Lot

19 photos
Created 15-May-17
Modified 15-May-17
Estaing, Pont sur le Lot

Conques, Abbatiale Sainte Foy

65 photos
Created 21-May-17
Modified 21-May-17
Conques, Abbatiale Sainte Foy

Conques, Pont sur le Dourdou

23 photos
Created 19-May-17
Modified 19-May-17
Conques, Pont sur le Dourdou

Chemin, Livinhac le Haut - Figeac

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Created 22-May-17
Modified 22-May-17
Chemin, Livinhac le Haut - Figeac

Figeac, Hospital Saint Jacques

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Created 22-May-17
Modified 22-May-17

Chemin, Faycelles - Cajarc

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Created 24-Jun-17
Modified 24-Jun-17

Grealou, Dolmen de Pech Laglaire

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Created 24-Jun-17
Modified 24-Jun-17
Grealou, Dolmen de Pech Laglaire

Chemin, Bach - Cahors

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Created 2-Jul-17
Modified 2-Jul-17
Chemin, Bach - Cahors

Rocamadour,Basilique Saint-Sauveur et crypte Saint-Amadour

50 photos
Created 4-Sep-14
Modified 4-Sep-14
Rocamadour,Basilique Saint-Sauveur et crypte Saint-Amadour

Cahors,cathédrale Saint-Etienne

68 photos
Created 30-Jun-17
Modified 30-Jun-17
Cahors,cathédrale Saint-Etienne

Cahors,pont Valentré

69 photos
Created 30-Jun-17
Modified 30-Jun-17
Cahors,pont Valentré

Moissac, Abbatiale Saint Pierre et Cloitre

55 photos
Created 2-Jul-17
Modified 2-Jul-17
Moissac, Abbatiale Saint Pierre et Cloitre

Agen,Cathédrale Saint Caprais

11 photos
Created 28-Aug-14
Modified 28-Aug-14
Agen,Cathédrale Saint Caprais

Chemin, Lectoure - Condom

140 photos
Created 18-Jul-17
Modified 18-Jul-17
Chemin, Lectoure - Condom

La Romieu, collégiale Saint-Pierre

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Created 15-Jul-17
Modified 15-Jul-17
La Romieu, collégiale Saint-Pierre

Pont d'Artigues ou de Lartigues

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Created 17-Apr-18
Modified 17-Apr-18
Pont d'Artigues ou de Lartigues

Aire-sur-l’Adour, Eglise Sainte-Quitterie

27 photos
Created 21-Apr-18
Modified 21-Apr-18
Aire-sur-l’Adour, Eglise Sainte-Quitterie

L'Hopital Saint Blaise

7 photos
Created 3-Sep-14
Modified 3-Sep-14
L'Hopital Saint Blaise

Chemin, Aroue - Ostabat

126 photos
Created 2-May-18
Modified 2-May-18
Chemin, Aroue - Ostabat

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Porte Saint Jacques

14 photos
Created 26-Aug-14
Modified 26-Aug-14
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Porte Saint Jacques