Scattered Gifts: Along the Way to Santiago

Long before the Romans occupied the Iberian Peninsula the Celtic peoples lived upon this land. Early on, these peoples living in what is now modern day Galicia pilgrimaged east to west traveling ancient paths through the Galician mountain ranges to the locale the Romans would name Cape Finisterre, or Earth’s End. Legend says that on this spit of land the Celts would make offerings at the Ara Solis, an altar to the dying sun. Standing in that place, watching the sun sink into the sea the tra...