• The castle of Jérica

    The castle is built on a crag called Peña Tajada, looking out over La Alcudia valley and offering a defensive position and excellent views. The region has been inhabited since Antiquity. The Mu...

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  • An alternative site to Spinaz de Can

    There are scholars who believe that Espinosa de Cervera was probably Spinaz de Can, a site mentioned in El Cantar. This is the place where El Cid and his men camped on the seventh day of their exile a...

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  • The refuge of Cardeña

    The monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña, which was founded by the Benedictine Order in 899 when Burgos was living its medieval glory, is one of the most important monasteries in Castile. During t...

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  • Spinaz de Can

    Pinarejos, which is now a recreational area, is possibly Spinaz de Can, the place where, as described in El Cantar, El Cid and his men camped on the seventh day of exile and where new men and knights ...

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  • La Ansarera

    As regards the journey to Carrión, El Cantar says that El Cid’s daughters, their husbands (Infantes de Carrión) and Avengalbón (El Cid’s Muslim friend) camped at a sit...

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  • The valley of Arbuxuelo

    According to El Cantar, several men and an escort of one hundred knights descended through the valley of Arbujuelo after having stampeded across the plain of Taranz, heading toward Medinaceli. Do&ntil...

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  • The watchtower of Vadorrey

    According to El Cantar, the daughters of El Cid were stripped naked and beaten with straps by their husbands at the oak forest of Corpes, after which the king agreed to allow them to travel to Valenci...

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  • Passing through Alcoceba

    The poet who wrote the Afrenta de Corpes episode, which is included in the second half of El Cantar de Mío Cid, must have been very familiar with this region. After having been beaten with stra...

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  • The Tower of doña Urraca, the place where El Cid’s daughters take refuge

    According to El Cantar de Mío Cid, El Cid’s daughters were escorted by their cousin, Félez Muñoz, after having been abandoned in the forest of Corpes. Félez Mu&ntilde...

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  • The outrage at Corpes

    Fans of the Cidian legend can visit the remains of the rock carved hermitage of La Concepción del Monte, located under a large rock, at the beginning of a narrow and closed valley. Nearby ...

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