Castrillo del Val
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Castrillo del Val is a municipality located in the
province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
.
It is in the valley of the River Arlanzón.
According to the 2004
INE
), the municipality had a population of 515 inhabitants.
Main sights
- Abbey of San Pedro de Cardeña (9th-17th century)
This
Babieca.[2]
The remains were removed during the Napoleonic Wars when occupying troops ransacked tombs looking for treasure. El Cid and his wife were reburied in Burgos.
During the Spanish Civil War the monastery was used as a concentration camp.[3]
Since the 1940s the abbey has belonged to the
Trappist order
.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Babieca". www.findagrave. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ "Terror en los campos de Franco". El País. 13 March 2019.
42°19′N 3°35′W / 42.317°N 3.583°W
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