Burgos

Spanish cathedral city

Burgos is a city in northern Spain, historically significant as the capital of the Kingdom of Castile.

The Gothic cathedral there is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Burgos also names a province in the Castile and León region: We drove through Burgos on our way to the coast.

geography

Spain

Iberian Peninsula country

northern Spain · landlocked · high altitude

history

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

Visigoths · Middle Ages · feudalism · fortifications · nobility · monarchs · birthplace · capital · chronicles

cuisine

blood sausage

Meat casing with coagulated plasma

mantequilla

pilgrimage

Camino de Santiago

Spanish pilgrimage trail

relics · sanctuary · monastery · scallop shell · waymarkers · spiritual · devotion · route · walking

cathedral

spires

Tapering architectural towers

apse · clerestory · vault · stained glass · frescoes · chapel · choir · organ · pulpit · sacristy

Opposites
spanish urban hierarchy

BurgosMadrid

Spain's governmental seat

Barcelona · Guernica · Bilbao · Valencia · Seville

Medieval Spanish political centers

BurgosGranada

Andalusian city with Moorish palace

Córdoba · Seville · Toledo · Al-Andalus

Phrases
Family

burglar, burger, burg, burgher, burgess, burgh, burgs

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G