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The manuscript of the Cantar de Mio Cid

Quintanilla Vivar, Burgos (Alfoz), Burgos

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The manuscript of the Cantar de Mio Cid

Curiosity · Quintanilla Vivar, Burgos (Alfoz), Burgos

Image of Quintanilla Vivar, not of the place itself.

The convent founded at Vivar del Cid in 1477 kept for centuries the only surviving manuscript of the Cantar de Mio Cid, the poem composed around 1200 that tied the name of Rodrigo Díaz for ever to this hamlet.

Photo: Jelger (CC BY 2.0)

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