© Mark Wade
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Town upon the Glera (modern Rio Arlanzon), 22 km from Burgos. The city is first mentioned in 921 and was probably repopulated by Christian settlers in the late 9th Century.
It became a property of the Monastery of Huelga in 1192. The romanesque church dates to the 12th Century. Latitude: 42.32061. Longitude: -3.45654.
And when the Cid knew what the King had done he turned away from the door and rode up to St. Mary's, and there he alighted and knelt down, and prayed with all his heart; and then he mounted again and rode out of the town, and pitched his tent near Arlanzon, upon the Glera, that is to say, upon the sands.
And that day a hundred and fifteen knights assembled at the bridge of Arlanzon, all in quest of my Cid; and there Martin Antolinez joined them, and they rode on together to St. Pedro's.