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Burgos Cathedral (see pp376–7) is the
work of some of the great medieval
architects and artists, and it is full of
treasures from all periods. This Baroque
fresco of the coronation of the Virgin
covers the domed ceiling of the sacristy.

Cistierna
Oña Segovia (see pp368–9) extends along a rocky spur that
Ponferrada León divides two rivers. The city’s landmarks are the Alcázar (see
pp348–9) – a castle with distinctive fairy-tale towers – and
Sahagún
Astorga the Roman aqueduct, built in the 1st century AD, which
Burgos towers 29 m (95 ft) above a busy urban square.
CASTILLA Y LEÓN
Puebla de (See pp350–81)
Sanabria
Benavente Palencia
Aranda de Soria
Peñafiel Duero
Valladolid
Zamora
Tordesillas
Medinaceli
Salamanca Arévalo Sigüenza
Maranchón
Segovia
Ciudad Rodrigo Ávila MADRID Guadalajara
Madrid Cuenca’s Old Town (see pp388–9) was
Béjar Cañaveras built on a ridge high above two gorges.
Getafe One of the picturesque but precariously
sited “Hanging Houses” is now home to
Plasencia Aranjuez Cuenca a museum of abstract art.
Talavera Tarancón
de la Reina
Navalmoral de
la Mata Toledo
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
(See pp382–403)
Cáceres Alarcón
Trujillo
Consuegra San Clemente
EXTREMADURA
(See pp404–17)
Herrera del Ciudad Tormelloso
Badajoz Duque Real Manzanares Albacete Toledo Cathedral
(see pp396–7), with its
Mérida Almagro exuberant sculptured
Valdepeñas decor ation, is a great
Puertollano medieval building in
Zafra Hellín a city of monu ments.
Toledo’s architectural
Llerena wealth stems from a
fusion of Jewish, Christian
and Muslim cultures.

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