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What to see and do in Salinillas de Bureba

What to see and do in Salinillas de Bureba (La Bureba, Burgos): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

How far each place is from the centre of Salinillas de Bureba

The sanctuary of Santa Casilda 1.2 km

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What to see and do in Salinillas de Bureba

Salinillas de Bureba
Village
Salinillas de Bureba is a municipality of 55 inhabitants, capital of a municipal area that also comprises the settlements of Buezo and Revillalcón, in the Burgos comarca of La Bureba. It was part of the cuadrilla of Cameno, one of the seven into which the old Merindad de Bureba was divided, with crown jurisdiction and a local magistrate; after the fall of the Old Regime it was constituted as the constitutional town council of the Briviesca district, with 57 inhabitants. Its parish, the church of Santa Eugenia, depends on that of Buezo, within the archpriestship of Oca-Tirón, in the diocese of Burgos. Within its municipal area stands the sanctuary of Santa Casilda, one of the most visited centres of devotion in the province and the destination of the rogation procession that sets out from Briviesca every year.
The sanctuary of Santa Casilda
Monument
Perched on a rocky outcrop of the Bureba, near Revillalcón, the medieval temple holds a doorway designed by Nicolás de Vergara and, on its altar, an image of the saint carved by Diego de Siloé, as well as a baroque camarín, Gothic reliefs and ex-votos. Beneath the church, a door leads down to the small cave where the tomb holding the remains of Santa Casilda is kept, the daughter of the sultan of Toledo who, according to legend, hid food for the Christian captives under her cloak, passing it off as flowers; there she retired as a hermit after being cured at the nearby springs, whose waters tradition still links to fertility. Since 1794 La Tabera has been celebrated, a pilgrimage (romería) to the sanctuary on the Tuesday before Ascension.
The legend of the roses of Santa Casilda
Curiosity
Daughter of the Moorish king of Toledo, Casilda took food to the Christian captives; caught by her father, she said the bundle held flowers, and flowers appeared when it was opened. Cured by these springs, she was baptised and died here as a hermit.
The pilgrimage of la Tabera and the taba game
Activity
Instituted in 1794, the pilgrimage festival sets out on the Tuesday before the Ascension from the church of San Martín in Briviesca to the sanctuary. There the game of taba is played, with betting that draws players from several provinces.