Route of the Cid - Covarrubias
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The route of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar’s exile with his armed retinue reached Covarrubias. It retains its atmosphere of the times, throughout the whole medieval city’s interwoven narrow streets, with its houses with wooden frames and beautiful facades.
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What to see?
Fortified tower of Ms. UrracaMore informationThe tower looks like a four-level truncated pyramid, with solid walls and a 10th-century barrel vault. Part of the walls that once surrounded the village has been preserved. A further level, with balconies,...
Church Collegiate of San Cosme and San DamianMore informationAn old Colegiata (Collegiate Church). The present church dates from 1474, it has three naves and contains a pantheon of illustrious families in the 16th century cloister. There is a 12th-century sepulchre...
CovarrubiasMore informationIn the heart of the Arlanza region, on the banks of the river, stands the historic town of Covarrubias, one of the best examples of traditional Castilian architecture in the entire province of Burgos.
Museum-Collegiate of Covarrubias de San Cosme and San DamianMore informationThe ‘Tríptico de los Reyes Magos’ en polychrome wood, from the end of the fifteenth century, by Gil de Siloé, the painting of ‘Cristo Resucitado’, by Diego de la Cruz.Contains sculptures from the fifteenth...
Archive of Adelantamiento de CastillaMore informationBuilt in 1575 to be the headquarters of the Archive of the Adelantamiento of Castilla by order of Felipe II, whose shield crowns the façade. The trace and the project are due to Juan de Herrera and accomplishment...
