 Most of the pilgrims travelled the Way of St. James on foot, many of them barefooted as a sign of penance.They moved along one of the four main routes that passed through France, congregating for the journey at Jumièges, Paris, Vézelay, Cluny, Arles and St. Gall in Switzerland.They crossed two passes in the Pyrenees and converged into a single stream to traverse north-western Spain.