MEMORIALS TO PILGRIMS WHO DIED ON THE CAMINO

Every year a few pilgrims die whilst on the Camino.  Many have heart attacks, others die of existing illness, and many more are killed on the roads by vehicles.  The many memorials erected by the loved ones of those who lost their lives on the Camino are a poignant reminder that with over 500 000 pilgrims on the Caminos, deaths will occur. 

In the middle ages, if a pilgrim died whilst on a