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Social and Religious Factors in Pilgrimages on the Way of Saint James

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 44 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: ANETA ANNA OMELAN,  GRAŻYNA FURGAŁA-SELEZNIOW and  MAŁGORZATA JANKUN-WOŹNICKA  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 95 - 105
Submitted on: Jan 21, 2025
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Accepted on: Apr 28, 2025
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Published on: Jul 2, 2025
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
motivations,
pilgrim,
social survey,
trends in pilgrimage,
tourist
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2025 ANETA ANNA OMELAN, GRAŻYNA FURGAŁA-SELEZNIOW, MAŁGORZATA JANKUN-WOŹNICKA, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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