[Gocamino] Place Names on the Camino

[Robert Spenger]

It makes one wonder about how some feel about the prevalence of the name Matamoros.

Bob S.

On Apr 22, 2014, at 6:59 AM, E. O. Pederson <eopederson at msn.com> wrote:

> Just north of the Camino Francés as it leaves Castrojeriz is a town, marked on current highway maps, called Castrillo Matajudíos. Indeed, there is a Camino detour route passing through the town for bicyclists who wish to avoid the steep climb and then descent of the cuesta. 
> On Yahoo's newsfeed today is an interesting article about the desire to change the town name:
> http://news.yahoo.com/unfortunately-named-town-kill-jews-vote-name-change-200342323.html
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