Možnosti rozvoja Svätojakubských ciest na Slovensku

Possibilities of St. James Routes Development in Slovakia

Alfred Krogmann, Lucia Šolcová, Magdaléna Nemčíková, Franciszek Mróz, Vitor Ambrosio

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 20, Číslo (Issue) 2, 2016, p. 231-238, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.231-238

Abstract

The formation, respectively revitalization of cultural and religious-oriented routes takes place in the European space since 1987. The Camino was launched in 1987 as the first cultural route in Europe. The pan-European significance route reached after the fall of the Iron Curtain, when the post-socialist countries of Central Europe are connected to the existing network of St. James routes in Western Europe power. Slovakia also expressed its interest to be a part of this project. Aim of this article is to identify sites that could be included into the Slovak part of the Way of St. James. To process this study we consider as fundamental the presence of St. James Patrocinio church.

Keywords: pilgrimage, tourism, St. James routes, Slovakia

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