Medina del Campo

Town, 52 km from Valladolid. It was the commercial center of Spain in the 16th Century, and most buildings date from that period. The tremendous castle of Mota dates from antiquity, but was greatly expanded in the 13th and 16th Centuries.

The Palacio de las Duenas shows Moorish influence. Latitude: 41.31. Longitude: -4.92.

• Book II Chapter XXVI:

  And Don Diego Ordonez went to horse, and rode after the Cid, and overtook him between Castro Nuno and Medina del Campo.

• Book IV Chapter XII:

  And from thence he did much harm to the Moors of Medina and of the country round about; and he made Daroca pay tribute, and Molina also, which is on the other side, and Teruel also, and Celfa de Canal, and all the country along the river Martin.

• Book V Chapter II:

  And Abenalfange gathered together the greatest power of the Moors that he could, and entered the land of the Christians, and past the mountains, and came even to Medina del Campo, and there Alvar Fanez Minaya met him.

• Book VIII Chapter XII:

  And the Cid bade him salute the Moor Abengalvon in his name, with whom they should tarry a night at Molina, and bid him do service unto his daughters, and his sons-in-law, and accompany them as far as Medina; and for all that he shall do, said the Cid, I will give him good guerdon.