Monte do Gozo
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San Marcos is a small town on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela in the province of A Coruña the Autonomous Community of Galicia. Acquaintance and held for the place name of Jacob pilgrims part, the located in the municipality of Monte do Gozo ( Freudenberg) is. From there you can explore the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and thus see the destination of the pilgrimage for the first time.
In Jacob book, he is described as Mons Gaudii and place great emotional emotion among the pilgrims. Who got here first as a group of pilgrims, was appointed by his fellow pilgrims to King, a fact which also affected German family name (for example, in the forms King, Kung, Künig ). The Italian priest Domenico Laffi describes the arrival at Monte do Gozo in his 1673 travel diary published as:
" When we reached the height of a mountain train called ' mountain of joy ' and the herbeigeflehte said Santiago saw open before us, we fell to his knees, and tears of joy shot us out of sight. We started the ' Te Deum ' to sing, but as soon as we brought out two or three verses, because too much interrupted tears and sighs our song and let your heart tremble. "
From here the pilgrims went earlier bareheaded and barefoot, horses were led by the bridle. In the current practice, the pilgrim is largely uncommon or even unknown. Only a few pilgrims walk the last five kilometers as mental exercise for mental and physical slowing down before reaching the target without shoes. The view of the cathedral is today hampered by forest and urban development. With a practiced eye or binoculars, however, leaves the tower lantern of the Torre de Reloj ( Clock Tower ) account.
On the Monte do Gozo remembers near the small hermitage a modern monument to the visit of John Paul II in 1982 and put it with the pilgrimage of St. Francis in relationship. On the occasion of the Holy Year 1993, a very large hostel complex was built under the hill, which today is used mostly as a student residence.