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What to see and do in Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma

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What to see and do in Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma

Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma
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El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma is a municipality in the district of las Tierras del Burgo, in the province of Soria, head of its judicial district, situated at the confluence of the rivers Ucero and Abión, tributaries of the Duero, at 893 metres above sea level. It has 5,283 inhabitants in the dual settlement that gives it its name: Osma, the early medieval settlement over the ancient Arévacan city of Uxama, an episcopal see already in 597 and subject to feudal power, and El Burgo de Osma, the neighbouring town that grew up around the cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and the diocese of Osma, subject to religious power. Declared a villa de interés turístico (a Spanish tourist-interest recognition) in 1962 and a conjunto histórico-artístico (Spain's designation for a protected historic urban ensemble) in 1993, it celebrates a Holy Week with more than twenty pasos on Good Friday, declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (a regional tourist-interest festival designation).