ABOUT THE FIREPLACE

The restaurant Pachon’s 330 years old chimney was used in a abbey located somewhere on the Way of St. James between France and Spain. The scallop shell is the traditional emblem of James, son of Zebedee and is popular with pilgrims. The Way of St. James is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried. It has existed for over a thousand years and is one of the 3 most important Christian pilgrimages route with Rome and Jerusalem.