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The Lesser Poland Way is one of the Polish routes of the Way of St. James, a medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It runs from Sandomierz to Kraków through the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. It is an alternative path of the main Via Regia that in the Middle Ages ran from Estonia through Vilnius, Grodno and Lublin. The Lesser Poland Way was partially reopened on 25 October 2008. The whole route was reopened on 25 October 2009. Another feeder route ran from Tarnobrzeg.

The route

The traditional starting point in Sandomierz was the Dominican Church of St. James in Sandomierz, Sanctuary of blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs. The aim was to pass towns or villages with churches dedicated to the Apostle James, stopping at Kraków, where there is no St. James' church, before joining other international routes.

Between Sandomierz and Kraków there are four places with a St. James' church:

From Kraków it is possible to go to Santiago by two initial routes. Either using the Via Regia through Opole and Wrocław onto Germany. The alternative is through Oświęcim, Żory and Racibórz then onto the Czech Republic.

Wyrwa, Andrzej Marek (2009). Święty Jakub Apostoł. Malakologiczne i historyczne ślady peregrynacji z ziem polskich do Santiago de Compostela,. Lednica – Poznań: Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy. pp. passim. (in Polish)

Spain	French Way Aragonese Way Northern Way Tunnel Way English Way Vía de la Plata Camino Primitivo Catalan Way Camino de Madrid Camino Real Ruta de Campoo Ruta Vadiniese Royal way of La Valdavia
France	Via Gebennensis Via Lemovicensis Via Podiensis Via Tolosane Via Turonensis
Portugal	Portuguese Way
Switzerland	Via Jacobi
Poland	Lesser Polish Way Greater Polish Way Lower Silesian Way Camino Polaco Camino Polaco del Norte Via Cervimontana Silesian-Moravian Way
Slovakia	Lesser Slovakia Way Jakubska cesta - Spiš (Košice - Levoča - Litmanová) Jakubska cesta - sever (Žilina - Trojmedzie) Jakubska cesta - stred (Banská Bystrica - Zvolen), Nitra (B. Štiavnica - Nitra) Jakubska cesta - západ (Trnava - Bratislava - Wien)
Austria	Jakobsweg Wien - Salzburg - Insbruck
Germany	Palatine Ways