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Município de Póvoa de Lanhoso
The municipality created the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal and coordinates it: 261.3 km from the Douro near Freixo de Espada à Cinta to Braga, following a Bohemian knight from 1466. Waymarking and pilgrimages are part of it.
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Who is behind the route
The Município de Póvoa de Lanhoso is a municipality in the Minho, 16.8 kilometres from Braga on the Camino. A new Portuguese Camino has grown from here: experts at the municipality traced the 1466 journey of the Bohemian knight Jaroslav Lev of Rožmitál, known in Portugal as “Leon de Rosmithal”, and turned it into a route from the Spanish border on the Douro all the way to Braga.
On 20 March 2024, in the Romanesque church of Fonte Arcada, twelve municipalities between the Douro and the Minho signed a joint protocol for the route, together with Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal and the Federação Portuguesa do Caminho de Santiago. Since then Póvoa de Lanhoso has coordinated the work: waymarking, pilgrimages and the path towards official state certification, with the procedure due to start in mid-2027.
The route
- Caminho Leon de Rosmithal – 261.3 km from the Douro at the Spanish border via Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Torre de Moncorvo, Murça, the Serra and Cabeceiras de Basto to Braga, in the footsteps of the Bohemian embassy of 1466.
What the municipality does for pilgrims
In March 2026 Póvoa de Lanhoso inaugurated the waymarking in its municipal area with a walk for the feast of Saint Joseph: yellow arrows and scallop shells, information boards and, at the municipal boundaries, steles with QR codes. By March/April 2027 the whole route is to be waymarked this way in all participating municipalities, and by the end of April 2027 Póvoa de Lanhoso will open its own pilgrim hostel. From April 2026 to April 2027 the municipality is organising a pilgrimage in twelve stages, one Saturday a month, with a bus from Póvoa de Lanhoso; it ends with a Mass in Braga Cathedral. One of the most beautiful stops on the route also lies within the municipality: Lanhoso Castle. For the whole route the municipalities have compiled lists of accommodation, restaurants, bike services and riding stables; we are adding the accommodation to the Camino Ninja database.
Contact
You'll find news about the route and the dates of the pilgrimage on the municipality's website. In person, you can reach the municipality at Avenida da República, 4830-513 Póvoa de Lanhoso.