Itinerary Advance

We are finalizing some details for the International Congress “Fire Safety in Tall
Buildings”. The presentation of the Papers will be on October, the 19th. Next day,
Friday, will take place a Guided Tour to Picos de Europa National Park and Santo
Toribio de Liébana Monastery.
9:00 h: Exit from the hotel in Santander by bus
11:30 h: Arrival to the Picos de Europa Nacional Park., a beautiful mountain place.
12:00 h: A cable car nearby leads to a wonderous watchtower known as the Mirador del Cable.
From here one has a perfect view of the mountain range and beautiful scenery below.
14:00 h: Lunch in a typical restaurant at Fuente Dé, Espinama.
16:30 h: Visit to the Santo Toribio de Liébana Monastery and Potes Village*:
Three kilometers from Potes, in a amazingly beautiful, natural scenery, the old
monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana is principally known for its keeping the Lignum
Crucis relic, the biggest remaining fragment of the Cross of Christ. The relic belonged
to a kind of cypress charasteristic of Palestine which could be 2,000 years old.
The relic was brought from the Holy Land by Santo Toribio, bishop of Astorga in the
5th century of our age. The monastery, at first called San Martin de Turieno, was
founded by another Santo Toribio, bishop of Palencia. The legend tells that Santo
Toribio decided the location of the Monastery climbing up the summit of La Viorna
mountain and throwing his staff down to the valley saying:" Where my crossier falls,
there will be my home
From the 16th century Santo Toribio de Liébana shares with Rome, Jerusalem and
Santiago de Compostela the privilege of the Jubilee Year. When the saint's day, April
16th, is on Sunday, the Grace Door of the Monastery is opened and the Lebaniego Holly
Year is inaugurated granting indulgence to all those who arrive at the Monastery as
pilgrims.
19:30h: Arrival to the hotel in Santander