What is a compostela?
This is a sort of “certificate of completion” offered by the Cathedral authorities in Santiago. The Church typically grants a compostela if you can prove you walked at least the last 100km of the Camino (or cycled the last 200km). Also, the compostela is traditionally offered only to those pilgrims who indicate “Religious” or “Religious and other” as the motivation for completing the Camino.
