''El final del camino'' () is an adventure television series set in 11th-and 12th-century Iberia, with the construction of the

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as backdrop. It aired in 2017 on La 1 and TVG.

Premise

The fiction takes place between 1075 and 1120. It follows the mishaps of the three Catoira brothers, one of which (Pedro) is abducted by Muslims during a

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(''aceifa'') when he was a child. The other two (Gonzalo and Esteban) seek refuge in

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...

where they are raised under the protection of Bishop Diego Peláez at the time of the construction of the

Cast

Antonio Velázquez Antonio Velázquez Bautista (born 1981) is a Spanish actor. Biography Antonio Velázquez Bautista was born in 1981 in Granada. He was raised in the small village of , spending most of his childhood in the 'Venta de la Cebada' '' cortijo''. He ...

as Gonzalo de Catoira. *

Javier Rey Javier Rey (born 25 February 1980) is a Spanish actor. He is popular for his performance in the television series ''Fariña''. Biography Born in Noia, Galicia on 25 February 1980. He was an avid comic book collector before starting his actin ...

as Pedro de Catoira. * as Esteban de Catoira. *

Begoña Maestre Begoña Maestre (Baracaldo, August 1, 1978) is a Spanish actress. She has worked in television, film and theater. She stands out among other things for her participation in the series ''Amar en tiempos revueltos'' and ''Hospital Central''. Biog ...

as Elvira, Gonzalo's wife, working at a pilgrim's hospital. * as Rodrigo de Limia, "Animal". * Juan Fernández as Bishop . *

Cristina Castaño Cristina Castaño Gómez (born 30 October 1978) is a Spanish actress best known for her role as Judith Becker in hit series La que se avecina. Biography Castaño was born on 30 October 1978 in Vilalba ( Lugo). She made a name for herself in ...

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. *

Asier Etxeandia Asier Gómez Etxeandía (born 27 June 1975) is a Spanish film actor and singer, whose career includes television, theater and film performances. He is best known for his character as Raúl de la Riva in ''Velvet'' and ''Velvet Colección'' and fo ...

as King Alfonso, the Brave. * as

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. *

Maxi Iglesias Maximiliano Teodoro Iglesias Acevedo (born 6 February 1991), better known as Maxi Iglesias, is a Spanish actor, model, and television presenter. Career Iglesias was born on 6 February, 1991, in Madrid, where he studied at the Colegio Cardenal S ...

as King Alfonso, the Battler. * as

Diego Gelmírez Diego Gelmírez or Xelmírez ( la, Didacus Gelmirici; c. 1069 – c. 1140) was the second bishop (from 1100) and first archbishop (from 1120) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compost ...

. * as Tomás. * as Simón. *

Manuel de Blas Manuel de Blas Muñoz (born 12 April 1941) is a Spanish film, television, and stage actor. Biography Manuel de Blas was born in Badajoz in 1941. He spent his childhood in Córdoba and subsequently moved to Madrid to study political science. W ...

as Efraim, a Jewish physician, working at the pilgrim's hospital. * Antonio Durán, "Morris" as Odamiro, the abbot of the Monastery of Antealtares. * Juan Díaz as

Raymond of Burgundy Raymond of Burgundy (c. 1070 – 24 May 1107) was the ruler of Galicia as vassal of Alfonso VI of León and Castile, the Emperor of All Spain, from about 1090 until his death. He was the fourth son of Count William I of Burgundy and Stephanie. He ...

. * as the Monk. * as Yusuf Ibn Tasufin. * as Nadir. * Said El Mouden as Al-Mu Tamid. * Inti El Meskine as Zaida. * as Jimena. * as the King's Captain. * as Gelmiro. * Déborah Vukusic as Naima. * Manuel Regueiro as Conde Andrade. * Héctor Carballo as Nuno. * as Maestro Bernardo. * Carlos Villarino as Don García.

Production and release

''El final del camino'' was produced by

RTVE The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...

and Voz Audiovisual. The screenplay was authored by Alberto Guntín, Xosé Morais and Víctor Sierra whereas the episodes were directed by Miguel Alcantud, Miguel Conde and Óscar Pedraza. Filming took place in Galicia, both for the Galician settings as well as for those settings in Toledo,

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and Northern Africa. Shooting locations included a large set in

Silleda Silleda is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Access The town is adjacent to the N-525 road that connects Ourense with Santiago de Compostela, and 40 km from the Galician capital, Santiago. It also has acc ...

, the forest of Saidres (Silleda), Escuadro, the ''pazo'' of Donfreán (

Lalín Lalín is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the north of the province of Pontevedra. It's the capital of the region of the Deza. The town has a population of 20,158 inhabitants (2014).http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?paxina=002003001&c=-1&ru ...

), the ''brañas'' of Xextoso (Silleda), Patanín (A Estrada), the river beach of Cira (Silleda), and the in Ferrol. It consisted of 8 episodes with a running time of about 70 minutes. The first episode premiered on La 1 in

prime time Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...

on 11 January 2017. The broadcasting run ended on 1 March 2017 with a 8.4% average audience share.

References

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