Chapter Three

Welcoming committee to Cirauqui/Zirauki

Walking up to the main plaza

Street sign in both Spanish and Euskara

Sunshine at the window.

A reminder of a tumultuous past.

Central figure of this side altar is a pilgrim with a child on his shoulder. Side altar in San Roman in Cirauqui

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...I wound my way up what are essentially connected concentric circles that lead to the village’s crown, the classic Romanesque church, San Román.  I passed through a small square where some men were breaking down a stage from what appeared to have been a concert the night before. Displayed on a wall nearby was an old poster demanding amnesty for imprisoned ETA members, a reminder of the ongoing issues of Basque self-determination that, until fairly recently, had resulted in chronic sectarian violence in Spain.