The municipality will strive so all the merchants and restaurateurs comply with the rules of Heritage
The mayor of the town of Sarria has recently issued a municipal provision which reminds business owners to comply with the rules of Heritage about advertising and signage on the Camino de Santiago. The statement appears after successive cases of unauthorized advertising on the Camino de Santiago passes through this municipality, trying to grab the attention of the pilgrims, which according to the mayor Pilar Lopez, violates the spirit of the Jacobean Route, "making in a shop window. "
The consistory will ensure that the placement of posters in the urban sections of the Camino de Santiago, where authorities of Sarria have jurisdiction, while non-urban sections of the Jacobean Route competence of the Directorate General of Heritage is monitored. The arrangement of the Concello de Sarria also specifies that the unauthorized use of local businesses own symbols and signs of the Camino de Santiago, which could also be misleading be monitored.
Sarria, located in the province of Lugo in the Camino de Santiago one of its main economic engines, since in this locality the minimum of kilometers to go any pilgrim walk to apply for the compostela at the end of the trip set Santiago (over 100 km). Therefore Sarria is the starting point for a high percentage of the Camino de Santiago each year.