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1 Vigo and Santiago de Compostela Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

2 Languages of Iberia

3 Flag of Galicia

4 My Hovercraft is Full of Eels LatinPlena anguillis est navis volans mea PortugueseMeu hovercraft está cheio de enguias GalicianO meu aerodeslizador esta cheo de anguías SpanishMi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas CatalanEl meu aerolliscador està ple d'anguiles FrenchMon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles BasqueNire aerolabangailua aingirez beteta dago Arabichawwāmtī mumtil'ah bi'anqalaysūn

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6 St. James and Spain By tradition, St. James (the Elder) preached in Spain Later Martyred in Jerusalem His Remains were Brought Back to Spain Tomb Rediscovered in the Ninth Century Sanctus Iacobus  Santiago Greek Iacobos  Iacomos  James

7 Santiago Matamoros Tomb of Santiago rediscovered in 813 Santiago Appeared to a Spanish King and Promised Victory in Battle Against the Arabs (Moors) A Knight Dressed in White Fought Alongside the Spaniards in Battle Matar a Moros = Kill Moors

8 Modern Fallout Spanish Troops in Iraq in 2003 wore the Cross of Santiago This was not Popular

9 Cape Finisterre

10 Cies Islands

11 Vigo

12 Citadel of Vigo

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14 Roman Bridge at Pontevedra

15 Peregrina Church, Pontevedra

16 Way of St. James

17 The Pilgrim Route

18 Santiago de Compostela

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