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Spectacular pink landscape of the El Rocío marshes in Doñana National Park Antonio Lopez Velasco - Shutterstock

Doñana: A natural, historical and spiritual sanctuary of Southern Europe

StoriesMay 19, 2026

Doñana is far more than a natural park: a unique landscape where biodiversity, history, and spirituality meet among marshlands, dunes, and the pilgrimage routes of El Rocío

A parade of people wearing traditional costumes in the San Isidro festival JoeLogan / Shutterstock.com

Pradera de San Isidro: Madrid’s meadow of memory and celebration

StoriesMay 15, 2026

Every May, Madrid’s Fiesta de San Isidro becomes a vibrant landscape of pilgrimage, music, tradition, and communal celebration honoring the city’s patron saint

Statue of Saint Publius in Mdina, Malta Ikonya - Shutterstock

Malta and the pauline sea: Saint Publius in a Mediterranean circuit

StoriesMay 12, 2026

Malta emerges as a key stop in Paul’s journey across the Roman Mediterranean—a place of shipwreck, hospitality, and memory where history, tradition, and geography intersect

Bull sculpture of iron, Museum of the Royal House. Museum of Las Casas Reales near Alcazar de Colon. Dominican Republic GiuseppeCrimeni - Shutterstock

The unique festival of the bulls of Bayaguana

StoriesMay 8, 2026

Every December 28, Bayaguana’s bull festival turns Dominican streets into a living pilgrimage where promised bulls, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and devotion to the Cristo de los Milagros merge in a unique…

Interior of Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor in Santo Domingo Yakov Oskanov - Shutterstock

Relics of the Cross in the Dominican Republic: Circulation, devotion, and colonial memory

StoriesMay 5, 2026

Relics of the True Cross in Santo Domingo reveal networks of power, devotion, and circulation in the colonial Caribbean beyond their sacred meaning

Nabta Playa Calendar Circle, reconstructed at Aswan Nubia museum By Raymbetz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nabta Playa: Movement, memory, and ritual in the Eastern Sahara

StoriesMay 1, 2026

Nabta Playa reveals how early Saharan societies combined movement, ritual, and memory long before organized pilgrimage emerged

A rock carving, featuring an aboriginal theme, beside a Wilpena Pound walking track in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park. Norman Allchin - Shutterstock

Songlines of Australia: Maps one sings

StoriesApril 28, 2026

Australian songlines are sung maps linking land, memory, and law, an ancient way of navigating and understanding the world through movement and voice

Old steps to the sea on Djerba beach LCHphotogallery - Shutterstock

Djerba and the Sea roads: Across the ancient Mediterranean

StoriesApril 24, 2026

Djerba stands at the crossroads of ancient sea routes, myth, and living pilgrimage traditions—where Mediterranean history meets modern cultural imagination

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Reluctant roads: Reimagining an Augustinian Camino

StoriesApril 21, 2026

Tracing Augustine’s journeys reveals an unconventional “Camino”: not a devotional route, but an interior geography shaped by restlessness, displacement, and the search for meaning