El Camino Real
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El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
- There is a Camino Real in California, also known as the California Mission Trail; see: El Camino Real (California).
- There is a Camino Real in Yucatán and Campeche, Mexico that connected the colonial cities of Mérida and Campeche City.
- A Camino Real runs through Texas into Louisiana; see: Old San Antonio Road.
- Another Camino Real is a historic road that went from Mexico City, Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico; see El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.
- Camino Real is a grand boulevard in Boca Raton, Florida.
- Another connects Panama City and Portobelo, Panama; see El Camino Real (Panama).
- The Spanish rulers of South America called the backbone of the Inca road system Camino Real.
Camino Real can also refer to other things:
- Camino Real is a play by Tennessee Williams.
- The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real of the Episcopal Church is named for the California road.
- El Camino Real is a concert band piece by Alfred Reed.
- El Camino Real is an album by Carmaig de Forest.
- El Camino Real High School is noted for their Academic Decathlon success.
- El Camino Real is an album by William Basinski
- Camino Real Hotels a Mexican Chain of hotels
Camino Royale is a song by Steve Hackett which appeared first on his 1983 album Highly Strung.
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