BURGOS
Founded in 884 by a Castilian nobleman, military base has always been the first capital of the Kingdom of Castile and Leon Castile-to later,
Burgos is famous for its Gothic cathedral overflowing today ancestral magnificent example of a thousand styles of architecture, tomb many prelates, noblemen and lay members of the city's history, but above the tomb of the famous Campeador Cid, the legendary figure of medieval Spain, sung by many national hero to the teaching of respect for the values of honor, loyalty to the Lord, freedom and preservation of Christian signs and Iberian traditions. Legend and myth, here with his Jimena, is due rest.
Burgos lives a warm but dry, a cool breeze helps to digest the heavy food to them, "blood sausage", "Quesos curados, semicurados de Oveja, delicious wines el 'lamb, precious jewel here in the kitchen" bugalesa.
Green and white, parks and the majestic cathedral, wonderful combination that brings my mind to Spain many times that I have studied the literature, the Reconquista of Spain, of "hidalgo" in honor of the girls beautiful, unattainable, and the tragedies business of this land sharp and sweet, proud and elegant for the richest Gothic churches, medieval walls and narrow streets,
Burgos is cut like butter even the memorable Way to Santiago, track and route for many pilgrims here as elsewhere, can find comfort and rest the legs try!
If you pass here, or here, at least stop to see perhaps the most beautiful cathedral that your eyes have had the opportunity and pleasure to admire incomparable gem, a microcosm of 85 architects, almost eight centuries of history, many battles, tears and love, a symbol of the grandeur of this ancient land and shoot in Spain today.