Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Burgos, Spain

The Teatro Principal de Burgos is a building from the Elizabethan era located at the beginning of the Paseo del Espolón, next to the palace of the Provincial Council. It began to be built in 1843 by the architect Bernardino Martínez de Velasco, under the direction of Francisco de Angoitia, and was inaugurated in 1858. From its inauguration until 1956 it hosted a large number of concerts and shows. In the same building was the so-called Recreation Hall. After the 1997 refurbishment, carried out under the direction of the architect José María Pérez González ('Peridis'), the building recovered its dance, theatre and music activity, managed by the Municipal Institute of Culture of the City of Burgos.

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The Monument to El Cid Campeador is an equestrian statue located in the city of Burgos, in Spain, and represents Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian military leader who came to dominate the Levante of the Iberian Peninsula at the head of his own mesnada at the end of the eleventh century. It is the work of the famous sculptor Juan Cristóbal González Quesada, and was inaugurated by General Franco on July 23, 1955.

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The Cidian Cycle is a set of eight sculptures made by Joaquín Lucarini and placed on the bridge of San Pablo, in the city of Burgos.

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The Museum of Burgos, formerly known as the Provincial Archaeological Museum, has its rooms in two adjoining sixteenth-century palaces, the Casa de Miranda and the Casa de Íñigo Angulo, forming a block between Calera and Miranda streets, in the city of Burgos (Spain). The Museum's collections are exclusively from Burgos, by origin or destination, and show the historical and cultural evolution of the province.

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The Casa de Miranda is a Renaissance palace in the Spanish city of Burgos located in an urban space on Calle Calera, built in 1545 to serve as the residence of the canon of the cathedral, abbot of Salas in this same cathedral and apostolic protonotary, Francisco de Miranda Salón y España, son of Pedro de Miranda Salón and Isabel de España y Castillo, the building was probably directed by the architect Juan de Vallejo.

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The Museum of Human Evolution is situated on the south bank of the river Arlanzón, in the Spanish city of Burgos. It is located roughly 16 kilometers west of the Sierra de Atapuerca, the location of some of the most important human fossil finds in the world. In addition, the Archaeological site of Atapuerca, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000, has yielded some of the exhibits at the museum.

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Fórum Evolución is the name of the Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio municipal, a building located in the Human Evolution Complex, in the Spanish city of Burgos. Designed by the Spanish architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg, construction began around 2005, and opened its doors in June 2012.

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The Convent of the Trinitarians of Burgos is a monastery of contemplative Trinitarians located in the Plaza de Santa Teresa in the capital of Burgos.

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The parish church of San José Obrero is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Burgos.

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The Iglesia del Carmen de Burgos is a nun's convent in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. It is situated on the corner of Calle de Covarrubias, del Progreso and Santa Clara. It is a Gothic edifice built mostly in the thirteenth century, at the time of its founding, when it was part of the Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas. It dates to 1234.

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The Parish Church of Santa Cruz is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Burgos.

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