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The legend of the Seven Princes of Lara

Jurisdicción de Lara, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

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The legend of the Seven Princes of Lara

Curiosity · Jurisdicción de Lara, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

Image of Jurisdicción de Lara, not of the place itself.

From these lands came one of the great Castilian epic legends: seven brothers betrayed by their uncle Ruy Velázquez and beheaded by the Muslims. Menéndez Pidal reconstructed the lost poem from the ballads and the chronicles.

Photo: Eduvet (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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