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The necropolis of El Castillo

Palacios de la Sierra, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

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The necropolis of El Castillo

Nature · Palacios de la Sierra, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

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With 566 tombs cut into the rock dated between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, it is the largest early medieval necropolis in Spain. In the municipal district there are two other funerary groups, at Prado Bañuelos and Prao-Nava.

Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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