Burgos

Burgos served as one of the capitals of Castile (Castilla), the historic heart of Spain and was the birthplace of the Spanish 11th Century hero El Cid.'
The city's remarkable Gothic cathedral is a building of exceptional beauty, and one of the country's largest. It is here the the tomb of 'El Cid' lays.
The Old Quarter preserves Renaissance churches and palaces. The San Millan Suso and Yuso monasteries are also worth a visit while in Burgos.
15km east of Burgos there is a totally different attraction- the Atapuerta archeological site. It contains prehistoric tools and bones of the earliest humans in Europe, living some 800,000 years ago.
@Catedral de Burgos - Burgos Cathedral

@El Cid's history