Finisterre lies at the westernmost point of Spain. Otherwise known as Land’s End, this is the end of the road (finis terrae in Roman), literally and for pilgrims visiting Santiago de Compostela. Our ship made a stop here to allow booked guests to take part in the tour visiting Santiago de Compostela. As coincidence would have it, today was the holy day of the Assumption. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly referred to simply as the “Assumption,” is a significant Catholic holy day. It commemorates the belief in the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. This dogma was officially defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950 in the Apostolic Constitution “Munificentissimus Deus.” Guests who took the shore excursion disembarked at this location, spending the day here before ultimately taking a bus to Vigo where they met the ship. One “must see” in Finisterre is the Cathedral in Tui, consecrated in 1225 AD during the monarchy of King Alfonso.
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