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Simon of Cologne, María la Real de las E Museo de Burgos
depicting the life and Huelgas, a Cistercian C/Miranda 13. Tel 947 26 58 75.
miracles of St Nicholas. The convent founded by Open Oct–Jun: 10am–2pm & 4–7pm
Iglesia de San Esteban Alfonso VIII in 1187. Tue– Sat, 10am–2pm Sun; Jul–Sep:
(13th- to 14th-century) The building is Gothic, 10am–2pm & 5–8pm Tue–Sat,
accommodates Spain’s with Romanesque, 10am–2pm Sun. & (free Sat
only museum of altar- Mudéjar and Renais- & Sun) 7
pieces. Further east sance elements. R Monasterio de Santa
stands the Iglesia de South of the Gothic María la Real de las Huelgas
San Lorenzo, which church – the C/Compases. Tel 902 04 44 54.
has superb Baroque resting place of the Open 10am–2pm & 4–6:30pm Tue–
vaulting. The Iglesia A coat of arms in convent’s founder Sat, 10:30am–3pm Sun. & 8 only
de Santa Águeda is Burgos Cathedral – is the Claustro de (free Wed pm & Thu pm). 7
the place where El Cid San Fernando, R Monasterio de la Cartuja
made Alfonso VI swear that he cloisters decorated with de Miraflores
had nothing to do with the Moorish designs: geometric Carratera Fuentes Blancas. Tel 947 25
death of his brother, Sancho II. patterns, inscriptions, and fig- 25 86. Open 10:15am–3pm & 4–6pm
A magnificent example of ures of peacocks and griffins. Mon–Sat; 11am–3pm & 4–6pm Sun.
15th-century civic architecture To the east of the city is the
is the Casa del Cordón (now a Monasterio de la Cartuja de
cultural centre and a bank), so Miraflores, a Carthusian
called for the ornamentation in monastery founded in 1441. This
the form of a Franciscan cord aisleless church has a polygonal
motif that surrounds two coats apse covered in star vaulting. In
of arms on the façade. The front of the high altar, gilded
16th-century palace of the Casa with the first consignment of
de Miranda houses the Museo gold brought back to Spain from
de Burgos, with exhibits on the the New World, is a star-shaped
archaeo logy, history and art of tomb holding the remains of
the region. Of special interest Juan II and Isabel of Portugal,
are the finds from the Roman the parents of Isabel the Catholic
city of Clunia, the tomb of Juan Monarch. Both the tomb and the
de Padilla, and an 11th-century altar are attributed to Gil de Siloé.
Moorish casket. The hill above the city, on which
On the outskirts of town stands a 9th-century castle, offer The richly decorated high altar in the
stands the Monasterio de Santa spec tacu lar views over the city. Iglesia de San Nicolás

Burgos City Centre
1 Arco de Santa María Aeropuerto
2 Cathedral SA N MIGUEL TRINIDAD SANZ PASTOR 6 km (4 miles)
CORA Z AS Arco de SANTANDER
3 Iglesia de San Nicolás Puerta de San Gil PLAZA DE Capitanía
A. MARTÍNEZ
4 Iglesia de San Esteban S. Esteban A LV . FÁ Ą EZ General
5 Iglesia de San Lorenzo S AN ES TEBAN H O SPIT A L CI E GOS REY A VE LLANOS HO RTELANOS
CALLE LA ÍN CAL VO
6 Casa del Cordón S A LDAĄA FER N ÁN GO NZ Á L
C. DE LA MONEDA
PUE BL A
7 Museo de Burgos C. HUERTO DEL SA N L O RE NZ O CA L L E D E S A N J U AN
8 Monasterio de Santa María Iglesia de V . P ALENCIA San Lorenzo C. SANT ANDER Casa del
Iglesia de
Cordón
la Real de las Huelgas San Esteban LLANAS DE C. CARD EN AL SE G PL. DE STO. LA LIBERTAD
PLAZA DE

DOMINGO
9 Monasterio de la Cartuja DOĄA JIMENA AFUERA DE GUZMÁN CALLE VITORIA
PLAZA
de Miraflores CALLE DE LA PALOMA MAYOR Palacio de la PLAZA Gobierno
Civil
Arco de Ayunta- Diputación DEL CID
Fernán Iglesia de Cathedral miento
AV E N ID A DEL - GE N ER A L S A N J U RJ O
PA SE O DEL ESPO L ÓN
González San Nicolás PL. REY
PLAZA DE SAN FERNANDO Puente de
STA. MARÍA San Pablo
Arco de Monasterio
PLAZA
Iglesia de Santa Sta. María Puente de Río Arlanzón VALLADOLID CONDE DE de Miraflores
de la Cartuja
A VE N I DA D EL GEN ERAL Í S I MO La Merced Casa de Angulo Museo TRI N AS PA BL O PLAZA
Águeda
CASTRO
Santa Maria
CALLE DE LA MERCED
C. CAL ERA
CABALLERÍA
de Burgos
DE
C. MIRA N DA
VEGA
PLAZA DEL
Estación
de Autobuses
de Santa María
la Real de las
0 metres 200 Monasterio DR. ALBIÑANA CAL LE S AN CO SME PLAZA ARANDA CA LL E DE S A N CALLE D EL TTINTE
Huelgas CONCEPCIÓN DE DUERO
CALLE
0 yards 200 PALENCIA, VALLADOLID CAL LE CO N CE P CI Ó N
Estación de Renfe Iglesia de SanŁ
700m (770 yards) Cosme y San Damián
MADRID
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