SAINT LESMES CHURCH
Built in the fourteenth century, it underwent an important remodelling in the sixteenth century, because the delicate Gothic columns did not support the vault of the central nave and it had to be completely dismantled. The patron saint of Burgos, Saint Lesmes, who was...
SAINT GILES CHURCH
The austerity of its exterior appearance, due to the fact that it was included in the city wall, does not allow to guess the beauty and richness of its interior, which has a splendid Gothic ensemble, the most important in the city after the Cathedral. The first phase...
SAINT STEPHEN CHURCH
Located on the hillside of the Castle, it was built between the 13th-14th centuries and it currently houses the Museum of the Altarpiece, where there are exposed Renaissance and Baroque altarpieces from different locations in the Diocese of Burgos. In the upper choir...
CASTLE
The origin of the Castle is linked to the founding of the city of Burgos by Count Diego Porcelos in the 9th century, having undergone many transformations over the centuries. Probably during the reign of Alfonso VIII of Castile the first great transformation took...
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