"deprivations caused by the siege. Valencia was captured by Masdali on May 5, 1102 and it did not become a Christian city again for over 125 years. Jimena fled to Burgos, Castile, in 1101. She rode into the town with her retinue and the body of El Cid. Originally buried in Castile in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña, his body now lies at the center of Burgos Cathedral. After his demise, but still during the siege of Valencia, legend holds that Jimena ordered that the corpse of El Cid be fitted with his armour and set on his"
"the poem has helped to better understand the character, which is part, with Don Quixote and Don Juan, literary characters most famous Spanish literature. The Camino del Cid has a diversity of resources. There are monuments of medieval origin that are listed as World Heritage Sites such as Burgos Cathedral, Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon, Valencia Silk Lodge or Elche Palm Grove, plus many heritage sites and towns. Important cultural centers on the trail include Covarrubias (Burgos), Burgo de Osma (Soria), Sigüenza (Guadalajara), Calatayud, Ateca and Daroca (Zaragoza), Albarracín (Teruel), Morella (Castellón), Xàtiva (Valencia) and Elche and Orihuela (Alicante). There are"
"Camino del Cid The Camino del Cid is a cultural tourist itinerary based on historical personage Rodrigo Díaz and the literary work ""El Cantar de mio Cid"". In both cases they are references of international scope: El Cid, ""Castilian hero par excellence, the most exalted knight of medieval Spain"" and El Cantar de Mio Cid, ""one of the great classics of European literature"". The route crosses eight Spanish provinces (Burgos, Soria, Guadalajara, Zaragoza, Teruel, Castellón, Valencia and Alicante) belonging to four Autonomous Communities (Castile and Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Aragon and Valencian Community). It can be traveled both by road and"
"de El Salvador del Mundo (""Holy Chapel of the Savior of the World"") in Úbeda, conceived as a burial place for the Cobos family. It has a central nave of three wings, side chapels between buttresses, and culminates in a circular space covered by a large dome. Besides the Cathedral of Granada, de Siloe was the primary architect of the Almería, Málaga and Guadix Cathedrals in Spain, Guadalajara Cathedral in Mexico, and the cathedrals of Lima and Cuzco in Peru. He was also the sculptor of a notable tomb in Spain's Basque Country, the mausoleum of Bishop Rodrigo Mercado de"
"the world. Seville Cathedral was the site of the baptism of Infant Juan of Aragon in 1478, only son of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Its royal chapel holds the remains of the city's conqueror Ferdinand III of Castile, his son and heir Alfonso the Wise and their descendant king Peter the Cruel. The funerary monuments for cardinals Juan de Cervantes and Pedro González de Mendoza Quiñones are located among its chapels. Christopher Columbus and his son Diego are also buried in the cathedral. The Archbishop's Palace is located on the northeastern side"
"fundamental stages mentioned in the first verses of the poem. Camino del Cid The Camino del Cid is a cultural tourist itinerary based on historical personage Rodrigo Díaz and the literary work ""El Cantar de mio Cid"". In both cases they are references of international scope: El Cid, ""Castilian hero par excellence, the most exalted knight of medieval Spain"" and El Cantar de Mio Cid, ""one of the great classics of European literature"". The route crosses eight Spanish provinces (Burgos, Soria, Guadalajara, Zaragoza, Teruel, Castellón, Valencia and Alicante) belonging to four Autonomous Communities (Castile and Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Aragon and"
"El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( 10 July 1099) was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. The Moors called him El Cid (), which meant ""the Lord"" (probably from the original Arabic al-sayyid, السَّيِّد), and the Christians, El Campeador, which stood for ""Outstanding Warrior"" or ""The one who stands out in the battlefield"". He was born in Vivar, a town near the city of Burgos. After his death, he became Castile's celebrated national hero and the protagonist of the most significant medieval Spanish epic poem, ""El Cantar de Mio Cid"". Born a member of the minor"
"to his marriage with Isabel of Castile in 1469. This sword remained in the possession of the Marqueses of Falces, from at least the 17th century kept in the Palacial Castle of Marcilla. Marcilla castle was plundered by the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, but it was recovered by the Nationalist faction upon taking Figueres. The sword was properly stored in a crate, with a note ""Comrade, respect this sword, it is the sword of El Cid"" (""Camarada, respeta esta espada, es la espada del Cid""). The sword was moved to the Museo del Ejército in Madrid and was"
"Seville Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies. ""See"" refers to the episcopal see, i.e., the bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. It is the third-largest church in the world as well as the largest Gothic church. After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the"
"Castle of Torrelobatón Torrelobatón Castle is situated in the province of Valladolid in Castile, Spain. Built as an expression of the strength of the influential Enríquez family, whose capital was at Medina de Rioseco, the castle is one of the most important and best-preserved fortresses in Valladolid. In the historical epic film ""El Cid"" with Charlton Heston the castle played the role of Vivar, hometown of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar - El Cid. The castle was begun in 1406, when Don Alfonso Enríquez, 1st Admiral of Castile, obtained licence from John II to erect a fortress in Torrelobatón; the only"
"of the , but the place where the event took place is nevertheless marked by an inscription on a plate, positioned on the outside wall beside the church door. Santa Gadea Santa Gadea () is a church dedicated to Saint Agatha in Burgos, Spain. The church is famous in history and literature for being the site where Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid) at the behest of the Castilian Cortes, forced Alfonso VI to swear an oath that he was not an accomplice in the death of his brother, Sancho while he was besieging Zamora. ""Es el de la jura"
"Spain moved the site for his father's and subsequent kings' tombs to El Escorial outside of Madrid. The main chapel contains two kneeling effigies of the Catholic King and Queen, Isabel and Ferdinand by Pedro de Mena y Medrano. The busts of Adam and Eve were made by Alonso Cano. The Chapel of the Trinity has a marvelous retablo with paintings by El Greco, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano. Granada's cathedral has a rectangular base due to its five naves that completely cover the cross.. All of the five naves are staggered in height, the central one being the"
"Santiago de Compostela Cathedral The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Spanish and Galician: ) is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and is an integral component of the Santiago de Compostela World Heritage Site in Galicia, Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. The cathedral has historically been a place of pilgrimage on the Way of St. James since the Early Middle Ages and marks the traditional end of the pilgrimage route. The building is a Romanesque structure, with later Gothic and Baroque"
"four-manual console on the floor between them. The organ was then reworked by Gerhard Grenzing in 1996, adding some more traditional Baroque capabilities to this romantic-symphonic instrument. Seville Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies. ""See"" refers to the episcopal see, i.e., the bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. It is the third-largest church in the world as well as"
"Toledo, Spain Toledo () is a city and municipality located in central Spain; it is the capital of the province of Toledo and the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive monumental and cultural heritage. Toledo is known as the ""Imperial City"" for having been the main venue of the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and as the ""City of the Three Cultures"" for the cultural influences of Christians, Muslims and Jews reflected in its history. It was also the capital from 542 to 725 AD"
"and dispensing thick clouds of incense. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Spanish and Galician: ) is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and is an integral component of the Santiago de Compostela World Heritage Site in Galicia, Spain. The cathedral is the reputed burial place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. The cathedral has historically been a place of pilgrimage on the Way of St. James since the Early Middle Ages and marks the traditional end of the pilgrimage route. The building is a Romanesque"
"of Castile to ""create new nobility lineages"" with his ""beautiful children of sin"", ""(the Queen ""dixit""),"" Rodrigo, Diego and their half brother Juan. Rodrigo became ""Count del Cid"", to remember a 400-year-old ""ancestor"", the famous El Cid from Medieval Castilian History. The first marquess of Cenete or Zenete, title of 1491, was also awarded by the Catholic Monarchs to Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, deceased 1523. He built the Castle of La Calahorra, and married twice, first to Leonor de la Cerda y Aragón, deceased around 1497, and later to María de Fonseca y Toledo . His daughter Mencía"
"de Catalunya in Barcelona. Two additional altarpieces are preserved in the Museum of Zaragoza. ""The Virgin"" from the Convent of the Holy Sepulchre (Zaragoza) and ""Martin de Alpartil"" or the ""Resurrection"" (with the portrait of the friar as a donor). The third altarpiece is from the Shrine of Our Lady of Tobed, in Zaragoza, whose execution is documented between 1356 and 1359. It is formed by a central table, the ""Virgin of Tobed"", which are represented the nursing Virgin and Child with the future king of Castile Henry II of Castile as a donor, and its two doors, painted in"
"the former Spanish Empire, the National Sculpture Museum, next to the church of Saint Paul, which includes Spain's greatest collections of polychrome wood sculptures, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Valladolid, whose façade is one of the few surviving works by Narciso Tomei, the same artist who did the transparente in Toledo Cathedral. The Science Museum is next to the river Pisuerga. The only surviving house of Miguel de Cervantes is also located in Valladolid. Although unfinished, the Cathedral of Valladolid was designed by Juan de Herrera, architect of El Escorial. At an elevation of , the"
"World Heritage Site in 1982. Havana Cathedral Havana Cathedral (""Catedral de San Cristobal"") is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Habana Vieja. The thirty by forty nine meter rectangular church serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Christopher Columbus’ remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898, before they were taken to Seville Cathedral. The largest missionary group in Havana were priests of the Society of Jesus. After extensive petitioning and"
"to Santo Domingo, but bad weather forced him to land in Cuba, where he died from his injuries. Later, his only son, Archbishop Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera, moved his remains to Santo Domingo where he is interred along with his wife and son at The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Rodrigo de Bastidas Rodrigo de Bastidas (; Triana, Seville, Andalusia, c. 1465 – Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 28 July 1527) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who mapped the northern coast of South"
"Valladolid Cathedral The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Assumption (), better known as Valladolid Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Valladolid, Spain. The main layout was designed by Juan de Herrera in a Renaissance-style. The original design for this cathedral would have created a church which would have been the largest cathedral in Europe. Initially planned as the Cathedral for the capital city of Spain, ultimately, only 40-45% of the intended project was completed, due to lack of resources after the court moved towards Madrid, and the expenses caused by the difficult foundations of the temple, located"
"even with a poem wherein the monument was acclaimed 'the Eighth Wonder of the World'. Cardinal Astorga y Céspedes died in 1734 in Madrid and is buried at the feet of ""El Transparente"" in the cathedral of Toledo. During his whole career, Bishop De Astorga y Céspedes promoted the devotion to Our Lady of Europe, the devotion title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gibraltar. <br> Diego de Astorga y Céspedes Diego de Astorga y Céspedes (17 October 1663 – 9 February 1734) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He also served as Bishop of Barcelona,"
"is attributed to his followers. Church of la Santísima Trinidad (Alcaraz) The Church of la Santísima Trinidad (Spanish: ""Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad"") is a Roman Catholic church located in Alcaraz, Spain. It was declared ""Bien de Interés Cultural"" in 1982. The church is located in the Plaza del Cementerio next to the Plaza mayor and the ""Torres de la Trinidad"" of city hall. Construction began in the 14th century, and it has a Gothic main portal. However the interiors were refurbished over the centuries. The chapel of Don Pedro Primero el Grande, is attributed to Andrés de Vandelvira and"
"have been declared World Heritage Cities by the UNESCO: Alcalá de Henares, Ávila, Cáceres, Córdoba, Cuenca, Ibiza, Mérida, Salamanca, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santiago de Compostela, Segovia, Tarragona and Toledo. As of October 2016, Spain has 45 total sites inscribed on the list, third only to Italy (51) and China (50). Of these 45 sites, 40 are cultural, 3 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's selection criteria. Other first-class destinations are Seville, Granada, Santander, Oviedo, Gijón, Bilbao and San Sebastián. All of them with historical landmarks and a"
"pillaged by 18,000 French soldiers, commanded by Marshal Ney who occupied the area. In 1936, twelve members of the Unión General de Trabajadores, all hailing from Torrijo de la Cañada, a nearby village, were shot by nationalists and buried in a mass grave in Cetina. The bodies were exhumed in 2010 and returned to their families for burial. The castle stands on a small hill in the centre of the settlement. It is believed that it was captured by El Cid on his passage through the area. The castle chapel has some noted mudéjar decoration and was the location of"
"Chapel of Obispo de Madrid The Chapel of Obispo de Madrid (Spanish: ""Capilla del Obispo de Madrid"") is a chapel located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared ""Bien de Interés Cultural"" in 1931. San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of Madrid, was first buried at this site. When the saint’s body was discovered in the late 13th century, two centuries after his death, King Alfonso XI ordered the construction in San Andrés of an ark to hold his remains and a chapel in which to venerate his memory. In the 18th century, San Isidro's remains was relocated to the Basílica de"
"was one of the locations used in the movie El Cid (1961). In 1982, the castle hosted the act of establishment of the Parliamentary Assembly of Madrid, during which the region's Statute of Autonomy was also presented. The castle, quadrangular, is constructed entirely of granite stone. It has four circular towers. Its vertices are decorated with balls in the Isabelline Gothic style. The main hexagonal tower is one of the highlights. The building is topped by a terrace with machicolation and turrets. It includes a rectangular courtyard with porticos and two galleries supported by octagonal columns. The Gothic gallery on"
"of Cultural interest of all the castles of Spain by the Decree of 22 of April 1949 and Law 16/1985 of protection of the Spanish Historical Heritage. Torrecid Torrecid was a Christian mota located in the municipal district of the Aragonese town of Ateca, Zaragoza, Spain, El Cid camp in the Jalón river valley. It has remained buried for almost a thousand years until recent archaeological excavations have found it where described by the author of Cantar de Mio Cid. To date the Government of Aragon has not cataloged it so its protection is the generic indicated in the Decree"
"""Panda del Palacio""; the one of the east like ""Panda de los Caballeros"" or that of ""del Cabildo"" and the one of the south like ""Panda de Santa Magdalena"". They have two access doors to the courtyard where there is a garden and a central stone fountain. In all its walls it has several graves, as was normal to do at the time: Sigüenza Cathedral The Cathedral of Sigüenza, officially Catedral de Santa María de Sigüenza, is the seat of the bishop of Sigüenza, in the town of Sigüenza, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was declared ""Bien de Interés Cultural"""
"Calahorra Cathedral The Cathedral of Santa María (Spanish: ""Catedral de Santa María"") is a cathedral located in Calahorra (in La Rioja, Spain). It was declared ""Bien de Interés Cultural"" in 1931. According to the Roman Christian poet Prudentius, San Emeterio and San Celedonio, two roman brothers and legionaries who converted to Christianity, were beheaded in Calahorra around the year 300. Local legend states that the cathedral was built on the spot where the two were killed. They are now venerated as patron saints of the city and their relics are still kept inside the cathedral. The site of the martyrdom"
"built; however the project remained incomplete for various reasons, among them, financial. The Cathedral had been intended to become the royal mausoleum by Charles I of Spain of Spain, but Philip II of Spain moved the site for his father and subsequent kings to El Escorial outside of Madrid. The main chapel contains two kneeling effigies of the Catholic King and Queen, Ferdinand and Isabel by Pedro de Mena y Medrano. The busts of Adam and Eve were made by Alonso Cano. The Chapel of the Trinity has a marvelous retablo with paintings by El Greco, Alonso Cano, and José"
"Church of San Andrés (Madrid) The Church de San Andrés (Spanish: ""Iglesia de San Andrés"") is a church in Madrid, Spain. It was declared ""Bien de Interés Cultural"" in 1995. It was built using the ruins that had a previous church in the same place. The primitive church in turn was previously occupied by a mosque located next to the albarrana tower in what was later the Palacio de Laso de Castilla, residence of the Catholic Monarchs and Cardinal Cisneros when they were in Madrid. The previous church had been frequented as a parish church by the patron saint of"