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Follow the yellow arrow
Over more than a thousand years, the Route to Santiago has been trodden by millions of feet. The most important holy route of christianity attracted millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages, and people from the world over in the late 20 C. After some centuries of abandonment, the pilgrimage recommenced. Some of the pilgrims who follow the route are motivated by religion, while others set out in search of adventure.

One of the things that worries the future pilgrims is what will guide them to their final destination. Bearing this in mind, many people ( the Associations of Friends of the Route and the inhabitants of the places through which the route passes) have signposted the route.
Signs along the route
A correct signposting on the Route becomes essential because its original course is being altered by the construction of roads, land consolidations and the opening of motorways. In order to avoid misunderstandings, many people have decided to signpost the different routes. For more than 30 years the Associations of Friends of the Route have been trying to bring back the important role the route played in the Middle Ages.

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.
A thousand ways, one destination
The routes are made by people as they walk, and they finally dissapear when they are abandoned. This is what happened with the Route to Santiago, which has been recovered in the 1990´s. Millions of pilgrims have rediscovered it to travel to Compostela following the stars, and receive the Apostle´s blessing.

For many centuries thousands of pilgrims have followed the diverse ways through Europe that joined the French Route in Spain, the official and best-known route. The works of recovery and signposting have extended to these secondary routes, where the yellow arrows and stone signs can also be found.