Female pilgrim on the Way of St. James in Portugal cover photo - 36427809

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On top of the mountain Portela Grande is the stone cross, cruz dos Franceses, also known, cruz dos Mortos or cruz dos Peregrinos. The stone cross should remind that in that place French soldiers of Napoleons troops fall into an ambush and were slain. Today lay pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago or Camino Portugues on this spot stones, personal things or wishes down. A woman with walking with backpack and walking stick, is looking at what is laid down between the rocks in the middle of a forest. District Viana do Castelo

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