Fire at the monastery of Encío Historical milestone · Encío, Ebro, Burgos Image of Encío, not of the place itself. The fire that destroyed the monastery of Santa María la Imperial in 1781 marked the beginning of the end of a twelfth-century royal foundation, which never recovered its fabric and ended up abandoned after the disentailments. 1781 Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Encío