Pompeii

Here is our group during our visit to the city of Pompeii - We found it really fascinating!!

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Ancient city of Campania, Italy, 14 near miles south west of Naples near Mt. Vesuvius, built on a spur formed by prehistoric lava flow to the north of mouth of the Sarnus river. 

Pompeii was destroyed, together with Herculaneum and Stabie, by the violent eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79; the circumstances of their preservation make their remains a unique document of Greco- Roman life.

The pool shows the reflection of the Basilica

 The modern town of Pompeii ( pop.1981 prelim. 22.896) lies to the east it contains the basilica of Santa Maria del Rosario, a pilgrimage centre.

Ramon, Pablo and Tomás prepared this text about this old city

A house in Pompeii - A man was painting little pictures there

Lionel Andrés Messi

The other day I was running in Garcia Lorca’s park, and I saw a man running behind me. I turned around and I saw that he was Leo Messi. At first I was a bit surprised but suddenly I remembered that I had to do an interview for an English project, so I decided to ask him some questions.

I started asking him if he really was Messi and he answered me that of course he was so I went to the next question. “So what are you doing here?” I asked, and he began telling me a story. He said that when he came here to Granada to play a football match, he fell in love with the city and the weather, so he sometimes came here for having a break.

Then I ventured to ask him some personal details. I asked him which goal of all of his is his favourite one. He was thinking for a while and then he answered me that it was the goal that he had scored against the Real Madrid in the Champions last year. He told me that he must go to the hotel and then to the airport because he had to train for the final of the Cup so he moved away after saying goodbye to me.

In the end I didn’t run much but that day I met my favourite football player.

Pilgrimages

In the middle Ages the Church encouraged people to make pilgrimages to special divine places called shrines. It was believed that if you prayed at these shrines you might be forgiven for your sins and has more chance of going to heaven. Others went to shrines hoping to be cured from an illness they were suffering from.

The most popular shrine in England was the tomb of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. When Becket was murdered local people managed to obtain pieces of cloth soaked in his blood. Rumours soon spread that, when touched by this cloth, people were cured of blindness/ epilepsy and leprosy. It was not long before the monks at Canterbury Cathedral were selling small glass bottles of Becket's blood to visiting pilgrims.

The Way of St. James has existed for over a thousand years. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, together with Rome and Jerusalem, and a pilgrimage route on which a plenary indulgence could be earned; other major pilgrimage routes include the Via Francigena to Rome and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

The most popular shrine in England was the tomb of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. When Becket was murdered local people managed to obtain pieces of cloth soaked in his blood. Rumours soon spread that, when touched by this cloth, people were cured of blindness/ epilepsy and leprosy. It was not long before the monks at Canterbury Cathedral were selling small glass bottles of Becket's blood to visiting pilgrims.

The Way of St. James has existed for over a thousand years. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, together with Rome and Jerusalem, and a pilgrimage route on which a plenary indulgence could be earned;^[1] other major pilgrimage routes include the Via Francigena to Rome and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.