La Virgen del Camino to Villares de Orbigo
We left the last of Leon behind and moved on to Villares de Orbigo. It was a wet day walking mostly along the highway. Towards the end of the day we walked over the Paso Honroso bridge. The bridge became famous in 1434 when a local noble defended his honour after being refused in marriage with a month-long jousting tournament that took place on the bridge. This Pas d'Armes was approved by the king and knights from across Spain took part with the local noble and ten of his friends successfully defending the bridge until 300 lances were broken. The nobleman and his friends then traveled to Santiago and donated a jeweled neck band that can be viewed in the Cathedral relics room. This chivalrous act is said to have inspired events in the Cervantes novel Don Quixote. We celebrated our crossing with a warm bowl of soup from a restaurant with a view of the bridge.
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