There is a church and a chapel in Calzadilla. It's hard for me to imagine the role religion played for people in Spain and the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages. Until the Reformation there was only the Catholic church. Everyone was Catholic and everyone went to church and everyone pitched a few coins in the offering to build or maintain their church. But the number of churches is really amazing. The Camino may be exceptional in that respect. During the Middle Ages up to a million pilgrims a year made the trek to Santiago. Their offerings built many of the churches along the camino.
The village church dedicated to San Bartolome. According to the guide, there was a Visigothic or Mozarabic church here that was destroyed by the Mooriush King Almanzor. The appearance is unusual as if it has had several additions over the years. The core building is 13th century.
Someone constructed a platform on the roof of the church for the inevitable stork nest.
The cemetary.
La Ermita de la Virgen de los Dolores or the chapel of the Virgin of Sorrows. Rumor has it there is a woman in the village that is the keeper of the keys to the churches. We will try to find her so that we can see the interiors.
In one week we have welcomed 92 pilgrims from 23 countries: Belgium, France, Spain, England, Wales, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Brazil, Australia, Romania, Canada, Israel, Switzerland and Scotland.
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