El Camino Real
El Camino Real (Spanish for "The Royal Road"; sometimes called in English "The King's Highway") may refer to:
Roads
- El Camino Real (California), an historical trail that linked California's Spanish missions
- Many streets throughout California today also have the name, paralleling the historic road, including:
- California State Route 82 in the San Francisco Bay Area
- San Diego County Route S11 in Northern San Diego County
- U.S. Route 101 in the California Central Coast
- Many streets throughout California today also have the name, paralleling the historic road, including:
- El Camino Real (Cuba), a road through Oriente Province and Santiago de Cuba that connected the coastal city of Siboney to Santiago de Cuba, and which ran through the small village of Las Guasimas running northwest from Siboney
- El Camino Real (Mexico), a road through Yucatán and Campeche, that connected the colonial cities of Mérida and Campeche City
- El Camino Real (Panama), connecting Panama City and Portobelo, see History of the Panama Canal
- El Camino Real de Chiapas, connecting the colonial cities of Chiapa de Corzo, México with Antigua Guatemala, the colonial capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala
- El Camino Real de los Tejas, the Spanish mission trail running through Texas and into Louisiana, including part known as Old San Antonio Road
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, an historical road that went from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico
- El Camino Real, a boulevard in Boca Raton, Florida
- El Camino Real, the Inca road system's backbone, called el Camino Real by the Spanish colonial powers of South America
- Caicumeo, a historical road in Chiloé Island, Chile
Art, entertainment, and media
Literature
- Camino Real (play), a 1953 play by Tennessee Williams
Music
- "El Camino Real" (music), a concert band piece by Alfred Reed
- El Camino Real, an album by William Basinski
- El Camino Real, an album by Carmaig de Forest
- "Camino Royale", a song by Steve Hackett which first appeared on his 1983 album Highly Strung
- El Camino Real (album), an album by Camper Van Beethoven
Organizations
- Camino Real Hotels, a Mexican hotel chain
- El Camino Real High School, noted for their Academic Decathlon success
- Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, named for the California road
See also
- El Camino (disambiguation)
- French Way
- King's Highway (disambiguation)
- Royal Road, Persia
- Via Regia, historical road
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