Pons Pilgrim Hospital

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The former pilgrim hospital of Pons is the only preserved structure of its kind on the medieval Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela. The building has been classified as a historical monument since 1879. In 1988, it was added to the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

In the castle district of Pons was already a - not preserved - predecessor, which was too small for the ever-growing number of pilgrims; In addition, the gates of the city were closed at night, so that late arrivals had to spend the night outside the walls of the city. The present building is located outside the former city walls about 1500 meters southwest of the castle district with its donjon, the castle and the chapel of Saint-Gilles and about 500 meters southwest of the church Saint -Vivien. The Way of St. James led, if you wanted, between the church and the hospital ward of the hospice.

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Poitou-Charentes, France

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