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The beginning of the adventure
Here begins the Song of el Cid: accompanied by sixty knights, el Cid leaves Vivar with tears in his eyes on his way to exile. The sculptural landmark with the legend "Legua Cero" (Zero League), in fro...
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El Cid's statue
"I am Ruy Díaz, el Cid Campeador of Vivar, who was born in good time". This sculptural landmark is the work of the Valencian artist Francisco Catalá Blanes, who donated the mold to the n...
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Monasterio de Fresdelval
El Real Monasterio Jerónimo de Nuestra Señora de Fresdelval se encuentra entre las localidades de Villatoro y Quintanilla de Vivar, muy próximo a la ciudad de Burgos, escondido en...
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The castle of Burgos
The Castle of Burgos is located in the hill of San Miguel, above the city. Although there are Visigoths and Roman remains, castle was fortified by Count Diego Porcelos in 9th-Century. The castle grew ...
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Monastery Santa Maria Real de las Huelgas, Burgos
Cistercian monastery from the 12th and 13th centuries, founded by King Alfonso VIII and his wife in 1188 for Cistercian nuns. Panteón Real (Royal Pantheon); buried in Gothic tombs are King Alf...
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Cathedral of Burgos
In 1075 the king of Leon and Castille Alfonso VI transferred the episcopal seat of Gamonal to Burgos. There was built a Romanesque church that, in the thirteenth century, would be replaced by the curr...
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Cartuja de Santa María de Miraflores, Burgos
15th century monastery erected by Isabel la Católica as a sepulchre for her parents, don Juan II of Castilla and doña Isabel of Portugal. Noticeable are the altarpiece and the sep...
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Church of San Esteban, Burgos
This Gothic structure was badly damaged by an explosion that destroyed the military fortress that stood on the hillock. It was built between the 13th and 14th centuries. The façade contains an ...
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Church of San Nicolás de Bari, Burgos
Construction started in the 15th century. The simplicity of its faced is in contrast with the richness of its interior. Particularly noteworthy are the stone altarpiece by Simón de Colonia, got...
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Church of San Lesmes, Burgos
Dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. It has a pointed arch and three Gothic-Renaissance naves. The church was built on a previous structure by the same name that was destroyed during medieval war ...
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