Burgos, Spain facts for kids

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Burgos is a Spanish city in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital of the province of Burgos.

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  Ruins of the Castle of Burgos, of a possible Visigothic origin.

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  Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, founded in 1180.

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  Burgos, as depicted in the Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum (circa 1572).

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  The statue of El Cid.

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  Detail of the façade of the 15th-century Palace of the Constables of Castile.

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  Frontal view of the Museum of Human Evolution, unique in its kind around the world.

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  University of Burgos

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  View of a 1950s-era building in the El Crucero district

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  Modern urbanisation developments

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  Parque El Parral

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  Summer on the "Paseo del Espolón"

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  Wheat fields in the outskirts of Burgos

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  Burgos Rosa de Lima train station

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  Bicibur

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  Basketball

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  Entrance to Burgos by David Roberts, circa 1838.

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  Burgos by Adolphe Rouarge and Émile Rouargue, circa 1850.

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  Historic street leading from the cathedral

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  Palace of the Captains General

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  River Arlanzón in spring

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  River Arlanzón in autumn

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  River Arlanzón in winter