When we got to Lugo Shelley´s knee was quite sore and swollen. We decided to stay in Lugo for a few days and take a break in the hopes her knee would get better. We were staying in the old town area of the city. This area is within the Roman walls of the city.
We walked along the outside of the fortified wall system until we reached one of the ten entrances in the wall system.
The Roman wall of Lugo was designated a UNESCO world Heritage site in 2000. The walls of Lugo were built in the later part of the 3rd century to defend the Roman town of Lucus Augusti. The entire length of the wall survives intact which is over two kilometres and is the finest example of late Roman fortifications in western Europe.
We settled into Lugo for a few days of rest and took short walks the first day to explore some of the city. It was not long before we noticed a very Roman look to parts of the city.
There were several access points along the Roman wall which allowed people to walk along the top of the wall.
We decided to walk the entire wall exploring the views from the top of the wall.
We walked along the entire wall which is quite large. The wall width is around 4.2 metres (14 ft) and their height varies between 8 metres (26 ft) and 12 metres (39 ft). We took our time and stopped along the way to admire the views and take in the moment.
There was some unique and beautiful views from the top of the wall.
We came across a unique part of the wall which had remains of a tower section.
The following day we explored some of the parks and squares of Lugo. We came across some interesting people along the way.
We stoped along our walk and took time to enjoy some refreshments at one of the many bars in Lugo.
We came across some great spots to eat and enjoy a refreshing drink. Ray even tried a specialty of Spain called “oreja de cerdo”. It is fried pig ears in a sauce. Ray did not enjoy it because the ears were really spongy and had very little actual meat on them.
One restaurant even had it´s own Camino Marker inside the restaurant.
We enjoyed our rest and stay over in Lugo, it was time that we could rest up and prepare for the next sections of the camino Primitivo. Shelley´s knee was doing better and so we packed our last evening preparing to start out early the next day to continue the camino adventure.
“Buen Camino”
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