Spain: Heroic monument of "El Cid" in the center of Burgos

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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar better known as "El Cid" was a spanish knight who fought against the Moorish in the time of the spanish Reconquista. He became legendary because of the medieval epos "El Cantar de Mio Cid". He lived from 1043 to 1099.

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Location: Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
Photo credit: © Cro Magnon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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