Via de la Plata Camino Marker - Seville, Spain - Way of St. James on Waymarking.com

The Via de la Plata is the longest of the Camino de Santiago pilgrim routes at roughly 1,000 km, or six weeks, and is a good deal less populous than the Camino Frances, affording real opportunities for solitude. It runs from Seville, across Spains parched central plain passing through the provinces of Extremadura and Castilla y Leon and Caceres, to Salamanca and Zamora.

This is the best route for archaeology buffs: a gold-trade route mentioned by Pliny the Elder, large sections of this route have remained unchanged for over 2000 years. It is scattered from top to bottom with Roman remains and structures, still in use today, and also gives the strongest taste of Spain under the Moors, whom St James is credited with driving out of the country many centuries after his death. (visit link)

The marker reads:
Camino de Santiago
Via de la Plata

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