Vigo and Santiago de Compostela

Steven DutchUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Languages of Iberia

Flag of Galicia

My Hovercraft is Full of EelsLatin Plena anguillis est navis volans mea

Portuguese Meu hovercraft está cheio de enguias

Galician O meu aerodeslizador esta cheo de anguías

Spanish Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas

Catalan El meu aerolliscador està ple d'anguiles

French Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles

Basque Nire aerolabangailua aingirez beteta dago

Arabic hawwāmtī mumtil'ah bi'anqalaysūn

St. James and Spain• By tradition, St. James (the Elder) preached in

Spain• Later Martyred in Jerusalem• His Remains were Brought Back to Spain• Tomb Rediscovered in the Ninth Century• Sanctus Iacobus Santiago• Greek Iacobos Iacomos James

Santiago Matamoros

• Tomb of Santiago rediscovered in 813• Santiago Appeared to a Spanish King and

Promised Victory in Battle Against the Arabs (Moors)

• A Knight Dressed in White Fought Alongside the Spaniards in Battle

• Matar a Moros = Kill Moors

Modern Fallout

• Spanish Troops in Iraq in 2003 wore the Cross of Santiago

• This was not Popular

Cape Finisterre

Cies Islands

Vigo

Citadel of Vigo

Citadel of Vigo

Roman Bridge at Pontevedra

Peregrina Church, Pontevedra

Way of St. James

The Pilgrim Route

Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela