Vivar del Cid

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Vivar or Vivar del Cid is a village of 140 inhabitants, part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located 7 kilometers away from Burgos, Spain.

It was the birthplace of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid.

[edit] Celebrations

San Antonio de Padua (13th of juny)
Homage celebrations to D. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. July. (Medieval dinners).
Maundy Thursday procession. (The three falls).
Patron saint: Saint Michael Arcangel, 29th of November.

[edit] Monuments

Church of Saint Michael

Monument to the Cid Campeador at the Solar del Cid.

Convent of Nuestra Señora del Espino: Founded by Pedro López Padilla and his wife Isabel Pacheco Padilla in 1477. The manuscript of the Lay of the Cid was kept in its library. Nowadays it is at the National Library.