Santiago

Santiago de Compostela has many mysteries that have not been discovered and things that we don't know for a fact. One of the mystery is whether or not saint James the greatest traveled from Jerusalem to Iberian, Peninsula. Even though we don't know some things we still have a bit of information of it and how it has in the past. The town is located northwest of Spain were one of the most well know cathedrals. Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia. The town is named after the Apostle Saint James or Santiago. It was founded around 400, it was around the time of the Roman Empire's falling. Santiago de Compostela was taken control by many people. Some of the people who took controls were King Visingothic, the Arabs in between the years 711-739, and King Visigothic who regained control of Santiago de Compastela. The City of Santiago de Compostela has amazing statues and designs inside there cathedral. The cathedral is the most popular and most visited cathedral in all of Europe. It has many legends and mysteries that have been left to us. There is a Shrine of Saint james the greatest. millions of Tourists who visited the shrine come with great love and…

At one point in history most parts of Spain were controlled by Muslims, so when pilgrims decide to take on the journey to Santiago they consider it as the” Holy Land”. Santiago de Compostela cathedral began its construction in 1075 but wasn’t officially consecrated until 1211. Today one of the most visited points of all western Europe is Santiago, Spain for many reasons. From St. James the Greater, to the richness of the architecture of the cathedral, to the significance of the journey…

Saint Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet. With his feast day being April 4th. Saint Isidore was born into a family of saints in the sixth century of Spain. 3 siblings of his, being Leander, Fulgentius, and Florentina, are seen as saints in Spain. Saint Isidore’s family was also not only a family full of saints but also a family of leaders, with both Fulgentius and Leander both being bishops and Florentina an abbess. Because of this, this didn’t make life a lot easier to…

In The Alchemist, Santiago, a shepherd boy, is plagued with recurring dreams about a young child who directs him the the Pyramids of Egypt in order to find hidden treasure. He learns about his Personal Legend, and leaves behind his comfortable life to journey towards the Pyramids. During his adventure, he meets several people that will not only change his way of thinking, but his life as well. Set in Andalusia, Spain, Santiago travels across the land as a shepherd with a herd of sheep. He stops…

Perseverance. This is something that Santiago, from The Old Man and the Sea clearly demonstrates throughout the entire novela. The definition of the word ¨perseverance¨ is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success (“Perseverance”). This is the perfect description of the old man’s personality. He was willing to suffer physical pain, hunger and isolation to complete his task of catching a marlin or a big fish. Santiago and the marlin showed their…

Tomorrow you set out towards Santiago. The truth is you already have been walking this path as you envisioned and prepared for this journey. In the morning, what up till now has only been a future hope will become reality. It would not be uncommon for you to feel both excitement and insecurity. You cannot wait to take your first steps, but you wonder if you will be able to make it. While these thoughts are to be expected, do not give them much thought. Instead, spend this time reflecting on…

The climax of the book is when Santiago asks the desert,wind, and sun to turn him into wind, and if he does not fulfil that task tribesmen will kill him. Santiago is calm those three days that he is given but when the time comes Santiago is peaceful, he is not nervous. He is not worried that he has to turn himself into wind. On page 148 Santiago gets to it, he Santiago asks the desert to turn him into wind and the desert tells him that he can not do that. Sorrowfully, the desert tells the boy to…

does not have to involve violence, and can be expressed as defying the stereotypes that exist in the path to achieve a goal. In terms of individual responsibility, Barack Obama proves that the difference in skin color does not stop him from completing the duties of the President of the United States in the best possible way he can, and he always fulfills his job at hand. Santiago, the old fisherman in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, lives under the same philosophy as President…

Santiago “My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.” - George R.R. Martin. This quote perfectly captures the essence of what a hero should be, success or failure. Which describes Santiago, who is an old man who lives in a…

the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway, an elderly Cuban fisherman named Santiago lives in the 1940s. After being unlucky for innumerous days, Santiago continues to venture out to sea in hopes of catching a fish. When the line begins to tug in his hand, Santiago realizes that he has caught his prize marlin, and struggles for three days to catch it. On the trip back to Havana, the trophy fish is attacked by ravenous sharks and is devoured before Santiago can kill the sharks. Santiago arrives back to the…