‘Bossam’ Jung Il-woo said, “This is the first time I have ever seen such a rough character,” and announced the unexpected transformation of “Sageuk Male God”.
MBN’s 10th anniversary special plan “Bossam: Steal Destiny” (here in after “Bossam”) Jung Il-woo plays “Bow,” a livelihood boss with a secret of birth. Bau, who lives by raising his son by himself, is a person who is involved in all sorts of rough things, such as gambling, stealing, fighting, bossing, etc. to make a living.
Jung Il-woo, who played the role of king or upper classman, said, “This is the first time I’ve ever been a real male character like this. He said that he felt more attractive because he was a completely different character from the characters he had been in charge of so far. “I was able to choose this work without hesitation because I wanted to show a new look to the viewers.”
This is his fifth historical drama work, Jung Il-woo, which is known as the “Sageuk Male God. Starting with “The Return of Iljimae,” “The Moon Embracing the Sun,” “Journal of the Night Watchman,” and “Haechi,” in many historical dramas, showing off its overwhelming presence and creating numerous life characters.
His unprecedented transformation followed that much effort. He first invested time in “visual.” “In my previous work, I showed a neat and tidy appearance, but this time, I put on a beard for the first time, and my topcoat was messy and played.” As a result, he became aware of the grievances of the class society (?). “When I was filming in winter, I was wearing thin clothes and sandals, and it was cold where I lived. It was awkward at first because it was different from what I did before, but I quickly got used to it.” There was also a good point. He said, “Because I have a messy hair, I have more freedom to act and move.”
Action acting also needed a change. It’s because it was the first time I had a “raw” action, such as rolling over, hitting, and using a fist. He was accustomed to the action of riding a horse or using a sword, so he had to hit him directly, so he suffered a lot, but the more he did, the harder he exercised and raised his body. This was the reason he was able to perform action acting safely using his body until now.
The romance narrative that will build up as her relationship with her changes over the wall of her status while wrapping up Ongju Soo-kyung (Kwon Yuri) as a mistake of her life, is the biggest point of ‘bossam’. Jung Il-woo also pointed out that “a bad story that started with an unexpected meeting, but the chemistry of Bow and Su-kyung, which develops into a thrilling relationship as the play unfolds, will be a point that viewers can also enjoy.”
I did not forget to mention the chemistry with Yuri Kwon. “It was the first time we met with this work, and breathing is very good,” he said, saying, “We share our worries, monitor each other, and share know-how to overcome the cold and have fun taking pictures,” boasting a warm atmosphere on the scene. In the end, “I ask for your warm support for the romance that turns the destiny of Bow and Su-kyung. It will be a work with both laughter and emotion.”
MBN ‘Bossam’, a romance historical drama unfolded by a livelihood boss in the background of the Joseon Dynasty under the Gwanghae-gun, accidentally wrapping up ongju, will be broadcast for the first time on Saturday, May 1 at 9:40 pm. At the same time as the main broadcast starts, Korea’s leading online video service, Wavve, will release OTT exclusively.
[Reporter Kim Ye-eun of X-Sports News]. Translated to English by Fan 13.
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I am so happy and excited about this new role of Jung Ilwoo. It will be so refreshing to see him in this rougher character. I think that in a way it is the natural progress of aging in the acting world of South Korea. I’m not saying his flower boy stage is over, but I am saying that perhaps he is in a transition stage onto more mature characters as the male lead in modern or historical dramas. He also plays a father which shows this side of where he would be if he was married. I’m happy to see him embrace this stage of his life with gusto as it will perhaps translate into better acting and as this will open many more acting opportunities for him. Loving what you do is always key in continuing success, even as you age or circumstances change. It helps you adapt… and learn new things as well!
Counting the days, the hours, the minutes, the seconds, etc! Jung Il woo!
Scenes of the script reading of Bossam-Stealing Fate has been released in a new video! It is so great to see our dear Oppa busy doing what he loves: acting! And he has a complete different character that will broaden the spectrum of what we have seen before! In a rougher role, with hair in his face and as a dad! Here is the video…
This is a video I made with English Subtitles just with Ilwoo’s parts:
And this is a related article translated to english via Google Translate:
‘Bossam-Steal Destiny’ Jung Il-woo X Kwon Yu-ri, the scene of the script practice was released.
Reporter Jin Hyang-hee, Daily Economy Star Today. March 22, 2021
The making video (https://tv.naver.com/v/19074763) was released along with the scene of the script practice where’ bossam’ was full of great energy from the first meeting.
MBN’s 10th anniversary special plan’Bossam-Steal Destiny’ (played by Ji-Soo Kim and Cheol Park, directing Seok-Jang Kwon, produced JS Pictures, Eelise / hereinafter’Bossam’) was a livelihood bossamman accidentally insisted on the Joseon Dynasty under the Gwanghae-gun. It is a romantic historical drama that unfolds while being bossy. MBN, which has been reborn as a “drama restaurant,” is a specially planned work for the 10th anniversary of the end of the film, and is already the first historical drama of director Kwon Seok-jang, the director, raising expectations for the birth of a “life drama”.
In October of last year, during the first stage of COVID-19 social distancing, the script practice site was conducted in strict compliance with the quarantine rules, including directors Kwon Seok-jang, Kim Ji-soo, and writers Park Chul, as well as Jung Il-woo, Kwon Yu-ri, Lee Jae-yong, Kim Tae-woo, Song Seon-mi, Ki-Ke-bin, Lee Jun-hyuk, and Shin Dong-mi. The cast attended.
Director Kwon Seok-jang, who had lost luck saying, “I am excited to be in charge of a historical drama for the first time,” announced the start of the script practice, revealing the foundational confidence that “I will create a masterpiece with all the directing know-how accumulated so far”.
First, Jung Il-woo conveyed his witty ambition, “I will do my best to make a drama that can satisfy the hearts of the viewers,” and immediately immersed in the livelihood boss “Bow”. In order to survive, he tried to transform himself into a rough, real man that he had never seen in his previous work by wearing a crude tone and biting eyes to digest the role he had lived in his life that he had never played before, continuing the lines without hesitation. And despite his son, Eve, Godong from the role of “Chadol,” who is like a “adult”, showed off a rich chemistry like a friend, warming the scene.
Gwanghae-gun’s daughter, Ongju, “Sookyung,” presented her first challenge to the historical drama. She calmly conveyed her determination, saying, “I want to deliver a good message through’bossam’,” and doubled the elegance of the character with her gentle tone and noble expressions and hand gestures. On the other hand, when he got through the adversity that had been driven by him, such as an organized marriage, a widow, and bossam, he showed a strong momentum with a sudden look. Above all, the moments of a lifetime of being bossed and hit, Jung Il-woo and Kwon Yu-ri, the odd eye contact of the two actors gave a foreboding to an unprecedented’bossam’ romance with exhilarating sparks.
In addition, it raised the dignity of the play with a massive sortie of luxury acting actors. Lee Jae-yong, ‘Believe Bae’, played the role of “Lee Lee Cheom,” who is the head of the North Korean wave and aims for the throne of Hosi Tam Tam, and overwhelmed the crowd by exuding charisma just by existence. “Gwanghae-gun”, who stood at Lee’s counterpoint, was played by Kim Tae-woo, who resonates with deep acting every time. The fierce battle for power they presented quickly colored the atmosphere of the field with a sense of tension.
Song Seon-mi, who is continuing her ten days by acting various characters, played the role of amplifying the conflict in the palace by playing the role of the court lady’Kim Gae-shi’, and Bae Ji-bin, returning to the home theater as a historical drama after a long time, plays the role of Lee Lee’s younger brother,’Haeindang Lee’. The emotional acting between Lee Cheom and his son Dae-yeop (Shin Hyeon-su) to alleviate the conflict for the rich was expressed in a fluid manner.
The role of Bow’s bossam mate’Chunbae’ was played by Lee Joon-hyuk, a licorice role expert, and Dong-mi Shin, who creates a perfect chemistry for each piece, plays the role of’Ancestral Palace’, which complements the waterscape, and this time, Kwon Yuri and’Gung Warmans’ ‘. In addition, scene stealers such as Yoo Soon-woong, So Hee-jung, Park Myung-shin, Yang Hyun-min, Seo Beom-sik, Yun Ju-man, Chu Yeon-gyu, and Ko Dong-ha joined and opened the doors of a well-made historical drama.
The ‘bossam’ production crew said, “I see the actors who have been completely immersed in the character from the first practice, and I am already excited about the jackpot. As it is a drama with a powerful work-gam-bae lineup, we will come to see you with a work that exceeds the high expectations of viewers.” ”Said.
MBN ‘Bossam’ will be broadcast for the first time on Saturday, May 1 at 9:40 pm. At the same time as the main broadcast starts, Korea’s leading online video service, Wavve, will release OTT exclusively.
To prepare myself for Ilwoo’s Fifth Saeguk or historical drama, I decided to go back and reminiscence his previous Saeguks. I fell in love with Ilwoo as an actor with his Moon Embracing the Sun’s Prince Yang. I cried my heart out in that drama! He made me feel so much! … and that was it! I was totally WOOed! ^ ^
The Return of Iljimae also called Moon River was Jung Ilwoo’s first Saeguk from 2009, and it is so good! It is very artistic in its presentation and this united to Ilwoo’s beauty makes it an absolute delight! Shall we start remembering?!
Look at his gorgeous hair in these posters:
These are some Behind the Scenes captures of Ilwoo and his mane during that poster photoshoot. Sadly I didn’t record the video and now who know where I found it!
These are some GIF’s during the photo shoot for the posters:
Such a cutie!!!
There are really so many images of Ilwoo that are so beautiful in this drama and this was one way I found to enjoy them… in the drama’s order:
He is really so, so, so… beautiful!
This is another video I made celebrating the love between Iljimae and Dal-hi. The actress, Yoon Jin-seo sings! She has such a beautiful sweet voice.
To finish the post I will share some of the many behind the scenes photos…
^ ^ … I always wonder if my heart could take him touching me… or kissing me, though I imagine it a lot! Here are two of his kisses in this drama in screen captures:
But the most important of the kisses is this one, the first one in the drama. Do you know why? Because it was his first kiss on screen… (Not counting the peck on Highkick… that’s not a kiss! )
Love Sigh…!
If you want to see more of Iljimae visit the series page HERE.
If you want to see this drama with English subtitles and free, go to Dramacool. And fight those pop ups like Iljimae wiith splits and all!
I will leave you with this beautiful image from the first Episode…
Ilwoo in a black overcoat. Done. Finito! I’m totally toast… toasted!
Happy Spring! It is finally here!!! To celebrate, let’s enjoy our man in uniform!
Jung Il Woo made a special appearance in the thriller ‘The Discloser’, directed by Hong Ki Seon. The plot of the movie is based on actual events, ‘The Discloser’ follows the story of a journalist and former military official joining forces to expose pervasive acts within the military.
Jung Il Woo played the role of a fighter jet pilot, Kang Young Woo.
Actor Jung Il-woo will once again show the essence of the historical drama and “boss” the hearts of viewers.
MBN’s 10th anniversary special plan’Bossam-Steal Destiny’ (played by Kim Ji-soo and Park Chul, directing Kwon Seok-jang / hereinafter’Bossam’) released Jung Il-woo’s character still on the 12th. Jung Il-woo was played as a livelihood boss, Bow.
The overwhelming charisma was felt just by the look of his eyes. Jung Il-woo inadvertently expressed the character’s rough life with a tying tutu and rough beard. I can feel the life of the Bauran character intact.
“Bossam” is a romance-based fusion historical drama. It was set in the Joseon Dynasty under Gwanghae-gun. This is the reverse pole of a livelihood boss, who accidentally kidnaps a princess.
Jung Il-woo prepared everything for the character. He made every effort to breathe life into the Sang Man. He spent a lot of time losing weight and exercising, and he also took care of styling.
Jung Il-woo is planning to warm up the home theater with his delicate acting skills. Earlier, he showed off his overwhelming presence in a number of historical dramas such as’Returning Iljimae’, ‘The Moon Embracing the Sun’, ‘Night Watchman Ilji’, and ‘Haechi’.
The production crew said, “Jung Il-woo is generously exerting the strength that he has accumulated so far,” and said, “You will be able to see the charm with all of the stable vocalizations, unobtrusive action, and delicate emotional acting.”
Meanwhile, “Bossam” will be broadcast for the first time in May. At the same time as the main broadcast starts, OTT will be exclusively released on the representative online video service, Wave.
Reporter Song Soo-min Photo courtesy = JS Pictures, Eelise
Hello! Yes we will be enjoying this drama Jung Ilwoo filmed in 2015 once more! Shall we starte with some music?
The Rise of a Tomboy is a 2016 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Guo Dalei and starring Zhao Liying,Hans Zhang and Jung Il-woo. It was released in China by Wanda Media and Wuzhou Film Distribution on March 18, 2016.
—This is the trailer:
You can see the movie right in YouTube with English Subtitles:
MBN | Airing dates : 2021/05/01~Upcoming. Sat, Sun
Here is article translated via Google about the poster and the upcoming drama. Source.
MBN’Bossam’ has released a teaser poster for boss Jung Il-woo. In May, the ‘stolen fate’ that Jung Il-woo wraps around his shoulder is expected to change his life.
MBN’s 10th anniversary special plan, Bossam-Steal Destiny (hereinafter referred to as “Bossam”) is a romance drama that unfolds under the background of the Joseon Dynasty under Gwanghae-gun as a livelihood bossam accidentally rewards an ongju.
In the teaser poster released on the 10th (today), Bow (Jung Il-woo), the protagonist of ‘living boss’, focuses his gaze with the harsh charm buried in his free spirit. His sturdy yet intense gaze maximizes the rough charm and creates a unique aura.
Bau’s bottom life, who did nothing to earn money such as gambling, stealing, fighting, and bossam, faces a cataclysm with a mistake of a lifetime. After mistaking the target, Gwanghae-gun’s daughter and the daughter-in-law of Lee Lee-cheom (Lee Jae-yong), the daughter-in-law of power, were bossed. The night he made a mistake, the woman he stole from his shoulder unfolds his tumultuous fate.
In particular, in order to express Bau’s rough life and character, Jung Il-woo made a massive acting transformation. First, I changed my appearance. Representatives are the inadvertently tied up top and a casually grown beard. In addition, the production team’s message is that Jung Il-woo looks like a different person on the set of’bossam’ by injecting a real man’s breath into the acting tone and action.
The production crew conveyed the planning intention, “In this teaser poster, the fate of a livelihood boss, Bau, through the Joseon customs bossam, which became the subject of the drama, was implicitly confronted.” “Please look forward to seeing what kind of story Bau will make with Su-gyeong, a woman who has been bossy,” he said.
Meanwhile, MBN’Bossam’ will be broadcast for the first time in May, and will be released exclusively on OTT in Korea’s leading online video service wave (wavve) at the start of the main broadcast.
By: Bong-Gyu Park sona71. Photo Cr. Cr. JS Pictures, Eelise
So excited to finally see a glimpse of Jung Ilwoo and Girl’s Generation Yuri New Historical Drama. And it looks so, SO good! Here it is in Korean…
This is what the Description of the videos says:
Bawoo, the single dad who lives with his son Chadol. One day, he kidnaps a widow who has something going on with a Noble Man. But strangely, the woman is very brave and cold. It turns out that she is the daughter of a King! A kidnapper who does it for a living makes a mistake and many things are about to happen to him in this life-changing drama.
MBN 10th Anniversary special drma. “Bossam, steal the destiny” will air on May 1st!
And here it is in English… Cr. KYR125 SUBS.
Because MBN is celebrating its 10th year with this, its first Historical Drama! Our dear Oppa is right on the Main Drama page! And you know what this means? That they will give it a lot of love… ads! I really hope so!
Cr. MBN
A Soompi article about the trailer and its contents is also HERE.
I just love the look of it… it’s so artistic too! Loved the blots of ink and the images in them… so cool!!!
His video begins at Pontevedra. Ilwoo started his day earlier than his friends and looked so refreshed and happy when he received his friends with beers! What a sweetheart!
I was able to find this Albergue! It is one of the official Pilgrim’s Albergues. It’s called ALbergue de Peregrinos de Pontevedra. This Albergue sits very close to the train tracks in this town! On a high platform so sadly we can’t enjoy a Google walk around the property… but HERE is the link if you want to try! It is simple but very nice. I’ll mix it the photos from Google Maps with the one’s from Ilwoo’s video:
When I read more in detail what he had written, it melted my heart! He did in a way what I do so many days of my life… teach one’s native language. If you ever go there, don’t forget to check the log or even ask for an older log! Can you imagine if you find his lesson!!!
Sadly he did not have a good night there… I may imagine why… look how close those beds are:
I don’t think I could sleep there! Imagine the smells… ^ ^. I guess that is part of it all! Yikes!
This is a view of mural are on the wall at the bottom…
A little about Pontevedra.
This city is the capital to many places including: the Comarca County, Province of Pontevedra and Rías Baixas in Galicia.
“Pontevedra is the second city in Galicia for its rich heritage, only after Santiago de Compostela. A city of art and history, the city is known as “The Good City” or “The City of the Lérez”. The city is also an important stopover on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago that bears witness to the circular church of the Pilgrim’s Virgin with a floor plan in the shape of a scallop shell and the scallop shells sculpted in the arches of the medieval Burgo bridge. It dates back 1st-century Roman Hispania (this is what the Romans called the Iberian Peninsula). ” Cr. Wikipedia
This city gets its name from an old bridge that was originally built by the Romans.
“The name of the city is likely a Latin composite of pons, pontis (bridge) and veter, vetera, veterum (old, long established). In Galicia, Latin pons, a masculine word, became feminine, hence Vulgar LatinPonte Vetera,[10] which became by the 13th century the modern Galician language toponymy Pontevedra, “the old bridge”, in reference to an old Roman bridge across the Lérez River which had been located near the 12th century Burgo bridge that remains in place today.” Cr. Wikipedia
This is the bridge:
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Another really beautiful site is the Church of the Virgin Pilgrim. Imagine that the floor plan of this church is a scallop, the symbol of Santiago de Apostle.
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And there is a beautiful virgin statue that was brought here all the way from by pilgrims from Bayonne, France to Santiago de Compostela. Imagine carrying her all the way there!!! What devotion! She is so beautiful!
This is the statue of La Divina Peregrina. (is the same that was in the Albergue where Ilwoo stayed, did you see her there?) I read that this virgin was “kicked out” of the main church in Pontevedra, called The Church of Saint Mary (Basilica de Santa Maria la Mayor) because she was taking the attention (and ultimately money) of the virgin statue there! So they moved her out of town to a run down old church! But the devotion of the pilgrims to her was such that eventually she was brought back to a gorgeous place of her own. At one point she was not even allowed to bear the name virgin Mary… just The Divine Peregrine!
Geez… just like a soap opera!
Here is a great time lapse video of Pontevedra. It is really well done:
Of Valga we don’t see much except them on the road… suffering… it looked so hot! and they had no water…
They stayed at an Albergue called: Albergue de Peregrinos de Valga. I mentioned it in my first Camino post two years ago. HERE is the entrance to this Albergue in Google Maps. You can see the sign that Oppa is standing in front of in the video. Feel free to go down the street and feel a bit like Oppa did!
Shall we look inside this albergue? Yeah!
Clean and simple. I like that there is more privacy!
They stopped at this restaurant…but I was not able to find it.
Take a look at the photos of the table above closely… did you see them? The two Korean sauces? Well, Ilwoo likes his meals hot and so he brought pepper tube sauces. He actually posted these at the time in his Instagram:
It’s like his Ketchup! ^ ^
Then they had dinner here:
I found this last place… there are many barbecue/grill places or how we call them in Spanish, “Parrillada” places near this albergue, but only this one had those silver chairs and the vines. It is also the closest to the albergue.
Name and address: Parrillada Criollo, 10, N-550, 36645 Valga, Pontevedra, Spain. HERE in Google Maps
These are other photos of Ilwoo during this trip . He posted them in his Instagram. They look like they would go around here!
WOOw! is right! Just look at those muscles!
It took me a while but I found the spot on the last photo. It’s right HERE. Then walk down “Rua do Franco” HERE. This is the lovely street we see in the next photos. It is a really cool street! Old…!
Don’t get lost… HERE is the post office on the right… keep going straight down…
And at last we are in front of the West Entrance of the Church!
Ilwoo and his friends rested at the Praza da Obradoiro. Here is a bit of info on this beautiful square and the main one of Santiago de Compostela:
The floor is decorated by eight rays starting from the center, where a plaque commemorates the World Heritage Site pilgrims’ way of Camiño de Santiago, whose final target is around here.” Cr. Wikipedia
Here we see Ilwoo proudly standing in front of the West side Facade facing Praza do Obradoiro.
Cr. Wikicommons (StephenD). Taken in 2018
Do you want to feel right there with him … go HERE. You can see the the whole square, though sadly one can’t move about!
Here are more photos of the Cathedral. This is the main entrance:
Cr. Wikicommons (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez )
I remember this fountain being surrounded by pilgrims and they would cool off with its water. And here are more photos of the exterior:
Cr. Wikicommons (Georges Jansoone)
Cr. Wikicommons (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez )
This coming piece is part of my first post about his walk to Santiago back in 2019.
I have been on El Camino twice with my family. The first time we visited Santiago de Compostela. We did not do the walk. It was in 2002! It is a beautiful city, and the cathedral is absolutely beautiful. It is a a very old cathedral completed in 1211. It is a Romanesque structure with gothic and baroque incorporated later. It looks like this:
These two coming up are my photos… well the ones watermarked…
Way up on the top is St. James the Great dressed as a “peregrino,” a pilgrim:
This is “El Portico de la Gloria”, like the doorway of Glory. This is what you see if you look up as you walk in:
Two sights I remember clearly was seeing the devotion of the peregrines as they arrived to the church… many go up the stairs into the church on their knees. The other sight that I remember was the Botafumeiro. It is a huge incense burner…
We went to mass and they swung it back and forth…so high! I thought it was going to hit someone! The smell is very strong and it gets very smoky inside the building. The one I saw was a small one, they have one they keep in exhibit that is much bigger! It’s one biggest in the world weighing 80 kilograms! It’s used only in special occasions. If that thing landed it on someone’s head they’d get a pass straight to heaven courtesy of the priests! 🙂 I’m not kidding look:
Spain… such a beautiful land filled with passionate people… they have some of the most “live on the edge traditions” in the world… even inside cathedrals I guess! The run of the bulls, the Tomatina…The swinging of the Botafumeiro! 🙂
This is a general view of the interior of the church:
And this is the very baroque altar. Yes! A lot of it is real gold!
Would you like to know more about the history of the Apostle? He has a fascinating story. I wrote the following story starting from the time he became an Apostle by using the following sources: Wikipedia, Catholic.org,Rdgn.info and Piercedhearts.com.
Jesus had twelve Apostles according to the New Testament. Two of them were named James. The James mentioned in these Camino posts is known as James the Greater, or James son of Zebedee. He is known as the Greater because he was taller (or older). He was born in Palestine. He and his brother John were fishing with Peter when Jesus appeared. They had not been able to catch anything and Jesus asked them to cast their net once more. The net came back full of fish and after this miracle, these three men became his Apostles. And they were his closest.
After Jesus’ death, all his Apostles travelled to different parts of the world to preach his Gospel. Santiago travelled to the Iberian Peninsula. He hard a hard time converting the people there until he received divine help. On 2 January AD 40, the Virgin Mary appeared to James on the bank of the Ebro River at Caesaraugusta, while he was preaching the Gospel in Spain. She appeared upon a pillar, and that pillar is conserved and venerated within the present Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, in Zaragoza, Spain. This was extraordinary, for Mary was living at that time in Jerusalem, making her appearance to them in Spain a bilocation. The Blessed Virgin told St. James to build a sanctuary where God would be honored and glorified, and gave him a pillar with her image to be placed in the sanctuary.
The Blessed Virgin also told St. James that when the sanctuary was finished, he should return to Palestine where he would die. St. James eventually returned to Judea, where he was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa I in the year 44. He was the first Apostle to die as a martyr for preaching the Resurrection of Christ. There are various legends as to how his body makes it to Spain. I will tell you this one: His body was taken up by angels, and sailed in a rudderless, unattended boat to Iria Flavia in Iberia. (Today Padrón). There a massive rock surrounded and protected his remains.
Many years after, in 813 (^ ^) the sarcophagus was discovered by a hermit named “Pelayo” after following a star to the site. King Alfonso II of Asturias, nicknamed the Chaste, and bishop Theodemir of Iria, in the early 9th century built a small church over St. James’s shrine, and the place was named Compostela (of Latin Campus Stellae – the field of the star).
Pilgrims started walking to Spain to visit the Apostle relics and so the pilgrimage route began and was established in the 9th century. This shrine dedicated to James at Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia in Spain, is the most famous pilgrimage site in the Christian world. The Way of St. James is a network of routes that cross Western Europe and arrive at Santiago through Northern Spain. James became the patron Saint of Spain.
This magazine has a nice layout about the 12 Apostles of Christ:
When Pilgrims enter Santiago de Compostela, they must complete either 100 kilometers on foot or 200 Kms on a bike. Once you get there, 4 tasks are required to complete their pilgrimage: (Cr. Andaspain Walking Adventures HERE)
Task 1
The first task would be to place their hand at the feet of Jesus portrayed on the Door of Glory. Often one would say a prayer here before entering the door.
Task 2
The second task was to then go to the other side of the Door of Glory to the depiction of Master
Mateo. They would place their forehead on the bust of Master Mateo, or Santos dos Croques, and tap gently three times. It was thought, that with these bumps, Mateo would pass on his wisdom. Even the local Spaniards believe in the power of Master Mateo. Many of the students from the University of Santiago de Compostela would join in the tradition of rubbing their heads on Master Mateo in hope of becoming the next stellar architect. Some locals would even bring their young children to rub their heads on the door. They believed this act would increase their children’s knowledge and understanding. This is the sculpture:
Task 3
The third task was to hug the sculpture of St. James at the High Altar in the Cathedral. This was to thank him for the journey and the lessons you learned along the Way. In his hand, he carries a stone that is inscribed with the words:
“Hic Est Corpus Davi Jacobi Apostoli Et Ispaniarum Patroni”
Task 4
The last step of the four rituals was to visit the bones of St. James underneath the High Altar, after all, this is why people began walking to Santiago de Compostela hundreds of years ago.
This is what Santiago’s tomb looks like:
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After getting his credentials, and going to mass, Ilwoo and his friends headed to Muxia and Finisterre.
Muxia is a gorgeous town where many people go after finishing El Camino. It was a space influenced by many groups including Celtics, Moors, Germanic Tribes and Christians.
The Celts left their mark here by building a shrine. This Shrine eventually was taken over by Christians in the 12th Century who built a hermitage on this location at first, and later the present church in the 17th century called “Santuario da Virxe da Barca.” According to legend one of the magic balancing stones near this church was the boat that brought Virgin Mary to Muxia to help St James spread the Gospel.
Many years later on December 25th of 2013 it was struck by lightining causing a fire that did a lot of damage to it.
This is what the church currently looked like before the fire:
Cr. WikiCommons Mario Sanchez 2008.
Cr. WikiCommons Mario Sanchez 2008.
From this last photo you can see the monument where Ilwoo took these photos:
This place marks the O Km line of El Camino. Behind the marker is The Monument of A Ferida (“the wound”). On November 13th of 2002 a 26 year old structurally deficient oil tanker named MV Prestige spilling over 60,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the waters here. You can read all about this terrible ecological disaster HERE.
It is a 400-ton monolith of 11 meters high carved in granite whose structure is divided in two. This division gives shape to a breach that represents a bleeding wound. It was created by the sculptor from Burgos, Alberto Bañuelos-Fournier.
If you want to read more about Muxia I recommend this BLOG by Pilgrim Traveller.
After Muxia, Ilwoo walked to Finisterre. In Roman times it was believed to be an end of the known world. The name Finisterre, derives from the Latin finis terrae, meaning “end of the earth”. There are actually two places that are more to the west than this place as measured by our modern scientific instruments. However this does not measure the faith of the people that continue to visit this place as the end of their journey of El Camino.
I don’t know if people still do this now but it has been a long standing tradition to leave one’s boots and even burn one’s clothing here as a tribute and closure to the journey. I really hope for the Earth this is not so anymore!
This is the monument of the boot there:
Here is another photo of Ilwoo at this spot:
And this is a closeup of the beautiful light house of Finesterre:
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The one we see in this part of the video:
In the last part of his video Ilwoo reflected about his trip to Santiago. It was good hearing what he felt about walking El Camino.
I found the Magazine I had bought on my path to El Camino when I visited Leon. It contains a lot of interesting articles about the route in Medieval Times. I thought the following pages could help you discover new places if you ever walk from the East again. Every place is a world of history in itself! This road is so incredible! I can’t wait to walk it… someday!
This is also a good visual about the area in the times that this road was getting established. One of the things they had to do was protect the pilgrims, and many of the kings and high officials of all these areas did it… and continue to today.
HERE is the official Albergues site of El Camino de Santiago.
and I will finish with this beautiful art piece of Santiago by Gonzalo Perez:
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Actually with the song, Ilwoo mentioned in his video description and in two of his stories thanking her:
Update March 22, 2021
I re-watched the Phone Cleansing Episode and took these screen captures:
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Dearest Ilwoo, thank you for sharing this, your special place with us! Thank you for all that I learned by reading and writing about these places! And thank you to those who took this virtual trip with me. What an absolute delight it was!
I really loved how number 13 was present throughout all this! And I just realized that Jesus and his 12 apostles makes… 13! ^ ^
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After Muxia, Ilwoo walked to Finisterre. In Roman times it was believed to be an end of the known world. The name Finisterre, derives from the Latin finis terrae, meaning “end of the earth”. There are actually two places that are more to the west than this place as measured by our modern scientific instruments. However this does not measure the faith of the people that continue to visit this place as the end of their journey of El Camino.
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