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Legends of the City
Legends of the City
There are many legends that use these solid walls as a mysterious stage for their denouement
The Boy King
Around 1109, the warring King of Aragón, Alfonso I the Battler, married Doña Urraca, Queen of Castile. As was usual…
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Jimena Blázquez
The Middle Ages on the Castilian plains was turbulent as far as safety was concerned since the attacks made by…
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Whether you like it or not, I will see her
The battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (Jaén, 1212) was a decisive moment in the Christian advance towards the south…
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The Moorish Princess
There are many mediaeval legends involving Moslems from the time when the Moors dominated the south of the peninsula. Interestingly,…
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St Paula Barbada
Paula was a young girl of extreme beauty, born in the nearby village of Cardeñosa in the dark early years…
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Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts)
If you visit the town in the afternoon and, of course, you wish to return to where you set off…
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The Tower of the Maidens
At the end of the 15th century, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Doña Beatriz, daughter of Don Tello…
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