• Gallocanta, possibly one of the villages where El Cid set up his camp

    There are scholars who argue that El Cid set up his third camp in this village and that during the days he remained in the area he launched a ten-day campaign against the towns of Huesa del Com&uacute...

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  • Sleeping on a site between Ariza and Cetina

    According to El Cantar de Mío Cid, El Cid and his men spent the fifteenth night of exile in a site situated somewhere between Ariza and Cetina. The presence of El Cid and his army caused a fear...

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  • Torrecid

    El Cantar relates that El Cid passed Ateca on the sixteenth day of exile and camped on a hillock, out of the fortified city of Alcocer, which is now a vacant lot situated 3kms away from Ateca. El Cid ...

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  • River Martín, Martín del Río

    According to El Cantar, El Cid launched a series of attacks immediately after setting up his camp in Poyo del Cid. The lines of the poem relate that the river Martín, that is, all the villages ...

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  • Sleeping at Bronchales

    After the conquest of Valencia, El Cid is said to have sent an escort of more than one hundred horsemen to look for Jimena and his daughters, who were waiting at Medinaceli in the company of Ál...

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  • Artesian well of Cella

    The fountain of Cella is a large artesian well that has been working since the 12th century. This well is particularly relevant because it is one of the largest artesian wells in Europe. As a matter o...

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  • Castillejo de Robledo Castle

    The Knights Templar built the Castillejo de Robledo castle in the 12th century over an earlier Muslim fort. Today we can still see two of the towers, some of the walls of the doubled walled enclosure ...

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  • Cathedral of La Asunción, El Burgo de Osma

    Monument since June, 1931. This Gothic temple is considered to be the town’s most important landmark and is also one of the must-see buildings in the entire province. In this building you will ...

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  • Defensive Wall El Burgo de Osma

    The construction of the El Burgo de Osma wall was ordered by the bishop, Pedro García de Montoya, in 1458, in order to enclose the town due to the fact that the castle’s walls weren&rsquo...

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  • Castle of Osma

    The Castle of Osma (Castillo de Osma) is a medieval castle which seems to have been built in the 10th century by order of Count Gonzalo Tello, using some Roman structures. It suffered several att...

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