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Organised Tours
Caminando Caminando Travel Agency.In Caminando Caminando, we organised self-guided or guided routes of a week’s duration, including accommodation and transfer of luggage between stages on the Wa...
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Baptismal font
At the entrance of the church of San Miguel, on the right, there is a baptismal font whose goblet, very worn, seems Romanesque. We do not know its origin. Visit: the church opens during worship hours...
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Castle of Sotopalacios
At the beginning of the 11th century, these lands of the Ubierna valley were under the protection of Rodrigo's father, Diego Laínez. The border with the kingdom of Navarre was at the time a few...
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The Poem's chest
The oldest copy of Cantar de mío Cid, today in the Spanish National Library, was kept until 18th century in the Convent of Nuestra Señora del Espino. The Clarisas cl...
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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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