El Camino Real
El Camino Real (The Royal Road), sometimes translated in English as The King's Highway. It was a single highway which connected Mexico City, and Santa Fe New Mexico, to parts of Florida, and California; which is reflected today in Spanish names of American cities.
Roads[edit]
- El Camino Real (California), an commemorative route in California from San Diego to Sonoma
- El Camino Real (Florida), an historic trail from St. Augustine westward to the Spanish missions in north Florida
- El Camino Real (Missouri), a historic trail connecting Spanish settlements in cities like New Madrid and Ste. Genevieve
- El Camino Real (Mexico), a road through Yucatán and Campeche; see Ixtlán del Río § The 20th century and contemporary times
- El Camino Real (Panama), connecting Panama City and Portobelo; see History of Panama (to 1821)
- El Camino Real (Sinaloa and Sonora), an historical road that connected Spanish and later Mexican settlements in Sinaloa and Sonora; see Casanate, Álamos Municipality, Sonora
- El Camino Real de Chiapas, connecting the colonial cities of Chiapa de Corzo, México with Antigua Guatemala; see San Andrés Sajcabajá
- El Camino Real de los Tejas, a Spanish mission trail running through Texas and into Louisiana
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, an historical road that went from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Music[edit]
- El Camino Real (Reed), a 1985 composition for concert band by Alfred Reed
- El Camino Real (album), by Todos Tus Muertos, 1998
- El Camino Real, a 2007 album by William Basinski
- El Camino Real, a 1997 album by Carmaig de Forest
- El Camino Real, a 2014 album by Camper Van Beethoven
- El Camino Real, a 2020 EP by Jonathan Wilson
- ‘’El Camino Real:Dia Del Mexicano’’ a 2018 a Mixtape by Chuy Boi
Other uses[edit]
- Camino Real, a 1953 play by Tennessee Williams
- Camino Real Hotels, a hotel chain in Mexico
- El Camino Real Charter High School, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, encompassing northern and central California