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The Jerusalem Way is the world's longest pilgrimage and an international peace and culture route!

The Jerusalem Way connects religions and peoples in a unique peace project.

The Jerusalem Way stands for mutual recognition and tolerance.

Love, the most powerful force in the universe, penetrates, illuminates everything and builds bridges between all people!

 

Pilgrims create openness to encounters, dismantle prejudices and fears, and strengthen trust - basic trust. The supposed boundaries between peoples and religions can be bridged by individuals with love and mutual respect.

Auvillar-Moissac
29,33 km / ↓ 553 m / ↑ 558 m
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Today's stage familiarizes us with a masterpiece of human creativity, namely a section of the waterway from the Atlantic at the Bay of Biscay (French Golfe de Gascogne) to the Mediterranean. This waterway on French soil runs along the eastern edge of the Pyrenees, has its culmination point in the "Canal du Midi" about 40 km south-east of Toulouse and uses the course of the Garonne river in the northern part. Our way to Jerusalem crosses this waterway in the course of this stage. We reach the Garonne via a hill near Auvillar. Shortly after we cross the river and on the other side is Espalais. But we haven't seen all the water of the Garonne yet, further north we will meet the two canals "Canal de Golfech" and "Canal Latéral À la Garonne", which serve as part of the Mediterranean - Atlantic waterway for shipping and electricity production. Between these two canals we will walk towards Moissac for the next quarter of an hour. From Malause we will then continue on the northern flank of the wide valley towards Moissac. Moissac itself lies on the river "Le Tarn", whose confluence with the Garonne looks more like a lake district. Moissac is famous for its Saint-Pierre Abbey, which is one of the most beautiful Romanesque buildings in France. However, only the bell tower is really from the 12th century. The cloister of the adjacent Benedictine monastery is also well worth seeing. In the old town we can still find well-preserved half-timbered houses from that era.


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Distance: 29,33 km
Difference in altitude: 129 m
Highest point: 185 m
Lowest point: 56 m
Total ascent: 558 m
Total descent: 553 m