Burgos: Caput Castelae.

[Raikaswinþs]

ASSORTMENT OF PICTURES OF MY HOME CITY AND ITS PROVINCE

Burgos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbuɾɣos]) is city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with a little under 200.000 inhabitants . It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The Burgos Laws or Leyes de Burgos first governing the behaviour of Spaniards towards natives of the Americas were promulgated there in 1512.


Early humans occupied sites around Burgos as early as 800,000 years ago. When the Romans took possession of what is now the province of Burgos the site had been a Celtiberian city. In Roman times it belonged to Hispania Citerior ("Hither Spain") and then to Hispania Tarraconensis. In the 5th century the Visigoths drove back the Suebi, then the Arabs occupied almost all of Castile in the 8th century, though only for a brief period, and left little if any trace of their occupation. Alfonso III the Great, king of León reconquered it about the middle of the 9th century, and built several castles for the defence of Christendom, which was then extended through the reconquest of lost territory. The region came to be known as Castile (Latin castella), i.e. "land of castles".

[Osweo]

Nice town. Why did you dishonour it by masquerading as having 'al Andaluz' as your ethnicity? How much of the beauty of the place would the Moors have smashed and desecrated? How can you wear one of their names now?

[Raikaswinþs]

@ Osweo. I will tell once again, that, as for me, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors were all equally invaders, and that all three , despite all the bad things that an invasion carries with it , left a remarkable imprint, and contributed to the creation of Spain, Europe, and the World . I am not more fond of the Visigoths than of the Moors , or the Romans, and no less either. Don't let your Islamophobia blind you (I also hate Islamists and mass migrati) : The Al -Andlaus period of spain was formed mainly by Hispanic people, as much as all the other periods, and was equally splendorous .

Thanks to the Spanish Al-Andalus , a fundamental portion of ancient European history was preserved. Inside of Al Andalus, flowered people like Averroes, among many others, to whom all Europeans have an important debt with, being the father of European secularism and one of the spiritual mentors of our civilization. And yes, he was born as a Muslim Spaniard of Al-Andalus, the same way Seneca was born a Roman Spaniard of Baetica, to put only a couple of tiny examples in the sea of greatness that Iberia has left t the world

[Vasconcelos]

Except that Romans and Moors were conquerors, while Visigoths (and Celts) were settlers who came migrating, which is why I feel more affinity with these, regardless of their contribution.

[Raikaswinþs]

Except that Romans and Moors were conquerors, while Visigoths (and Celts) were settlers who came migrating, which is why I feel more affinity with these, regardless of their contribution.

Rubbish, Visigoths were conquerors too. The King Euric invaded Hispania, taking advantage of the weakness of the romans in that period, and there was continous rebelions of the Asturs, Basques and Cantabrii to their dominion over our lands (and also from many other parts of Hispania). They were occupiers , and they imposed their rule over us with the military force. They were a ruling caste, as were the moors.

I do not dismiss their legacy, but I will also not idealize it, the same way I do not Idealize he moors: they were both conquerors and invaders caused eho suffering to the hispanii, but who also sparkled periods of great splendour . The things that were achived during Visigothic-rule, and the things that were Achieved during the Muslim-rule,or Roman rule, belong to our history principally, and only secondarily to theirs.

Anyway, this post is about my home town and province. Hope you like the first set of pictures. I wanted to help Caballo Loco at first with his post, but then I felt that Burgos, an enormous province both geographically, historically and in terms of landscapes too, deserves its own thread


Burgos Siempre Cabeza de Castilla!

[Vasconcelos]

Yes, it seems to be a lovely city

[Don]

Except that Romans and Moors were conquerors, while Visigoths (and Celts) were settlers who came migrating, which is why I feel more affinity with these, regardless of their contribution.

Well... my second surname is Visigothic...

Any person who calls himself Spaniard and his surname is Hakim, Ahmeda or whatever, is just a recent infamous spawn of multikulti, never Spaniard.

And by the way, in the Cathedral of that Castilian and Christian city of Burgos there is in one of their parts a group of statues of handsome and bearded men with swords at their hands.

They were local heroes.

Know why?

They were very good killing Moors and other islamic invaders.

[perikolez]

Rubbish, Visigoths were conquerors too. The King Euric invaded Hispania, taking advantage of the weakness of the romans in that period, and there was continous rebelions of the Asturs, Basques and Cantabrii to their dominion over our lands (and also from many other parts of Hispania). They were occupiers , and they imposed their rule over us with the military force. They were a ruling caste, as were the moors.

I do not dismiss their legacy, but I will also not idealize it, the same way I do not Idealize he moors: they were both conquerors and invaders caused eho suffering to the hispanii, but who also sparkled periods of great splendour . The things that were achived during Visigothic-rule, and the things that were Achieved during the Muslim-rule,or Roman rule, belong to our history principally, and only secondarily to theirs.

Anyway, this post is about my home town and province. Hope you like the first set of pictures. I wanted to help Caballo Loco at first with his post, but then I felt that Burgos, an enormous province both geographically, historically and in terms of landscapes too, deserves its own thread


Burgos Siempre Cabeza de Castilla!

My opinion about Burgos province is negative.Burgos footbal team is in third division. Burgos dont have important sport teams and I dont know many famous people from Burgos. Burgos is a very irrelevant city although having 180000habitants. Burgos actually isnt Cabeza de Castilla. Madrid is the real Cabeza de Castilla. In my opinion Burgos is actually very mediocre. On the other hand , most of the burgalese landscape is boring , and most of Burgos is a desert with only few populated towns and villages as Burgos, Miranda de Ebro , Medina de Pomar or Villarcayo.

About morish people , they are inmigrant in Spain. 50 years ago, there were 0% of muslim people in Spain with the exception of Franco's guardia mora, and morish troops. They are totally foreigners from Spain.

[Oinakos Growion]

Burgos Siempre Cabeza de Castilla!

Wasn't that Cantabria?
Oh wait... they got an "autonomous community" too, but not Leon... lol

[perikolez]

Wasn't that Cantabria?
Oh wait... they got an "autonomous community" too, but not Leon... lol

Cantabria is an invention.