Cruz de Ferro

Tradition

By custom, pilgrims lay at the foot of the cross a stone brought from home; how the custom began is not known.

A small iron cross on a tall wooden pole above a great heap of stones, near the highest point of the Camino Francés.

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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).