Luis

Our tour guide in Burgos

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October 27th 2011
Burgos is a town northwest of Madrid and the name has the same meaning as any town that you may know that ends in “burg” or “burgh”, like Hamburg, Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, etc. One person said that it means a fortified place and one person said that it had to do with a castle on a hill. I think it’s the former, personally. Driving into Burgos, the first thing you notice is the Cathedral o ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Burgos

Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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