Map of Henares Area © Mark Wade

Valley that spreads below Medinaceli south of the river Salon and leading to the plain of Torancio.

Latitude: 41.13367. Longitude: -2.37998.

• Book VII Chapter XVI:

  On the morrow they went to horse: they crossed the mountains which are great and wild, and they passed Mata de Toranz without fear, and they thought to come through the valley of Arbuxedo.

• Book VII Chapter XVI:

  They left Medina and past the river Salon, and pricked up Arbuxuelo, and they crost the plain of Torancio.

• Book VIII Chapter XIII:

  They crossed the mountains of Luzon and passed Arbuxuelo, and came to Salon, and the Moor lodged them in the place which is called Ansarera; all this he did for the love of the Cid Campeador.