Along with the yellow arrows, the most important signs on
the Route, there are some other signs that mark the way towards
Compostela. For instance, the stone signs, similar to the
milestones, that are decorated with symbolic scallop shells
with a blue background, symbolize European Cultural Itineraries.
These stone signs show the distance to Santiago.
Some Autonomous Communities through which
the Route passes have developed their own signposting. In
Navarre, for instance, pilgrims find the GR 65 (Long-distance
Footpath) with the characteristic red and white stripes.
There are other signs including tiles with the drawing of
a scallop shell attached to stone signs or to the front
of some buildings.
In La Rioja and the North of Castile the
yellow arrows are the only signs that can be seen. In León
a bill was created with the image of a lion in the pilgrims´uniform,
but has been hardly used.
In Galicia, the best-signposted Autonomous
Community, the stone signs are placed every 500 metres.
In 1993, the Xunta de Galicia began an ambitious plan to
recover the Route to Santiago, and one of the main objectives
was to signpost it.
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