Travellers leave the city through the door of the Camino and
continue their journey, to Navarrete. On the outskirtsof Navarrete
they will discover the remains of the San Juan de Acre´s
Hospital, built in the Middle Ages by María Ramírez.
The Route crosses the town alongside the Medieval Mayor Street,
which is still as it originally was. The Asunción´s
Church, on Mayor Street, dates back to the 16th century. The
Route then passes a cemetery that still has the old door of
the Hospital mentioned above and Pilgrimage Capitals.
The journey moves forward to the famous Nájera, birthplace
of Kings and court of the Pamplona-Nájera Kingdom during
the reign of King Don García. This royal town became
a stop of the Santiago Pilgrimag in 1030, when Sancho el Grande
decided to deviate the pilgrim´s route. Some years later,
his son, García IV built the Monastery of Santa María
la Real and a refuge. Therefore he determined the character
of the city as a pilgrimage place. The Monastery, a magnificent
Gothic Temple built on the ruins of a 15th century temple,
includes a Cloister and the Tombs of Doña Blanca and
of Diego López de Haro, the Mausoleum of the Reyes
and el Coro, masterpieces in its own time.
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