Arnedo

Arnedo lies in the valley of the Cidacos beneath a castle and hills of reddish rock. West of the town, the convent of Nuestra Señora de Vico stands above the river in a landscape long associated with devotion to the Virgin. The Franciscan friar Lope de Salinas founded the convent in the mid-fifteenth century with the support of his relatives, the counts of Haro, who were lords of Arnedo. Their patronage tied the religious house closely to the town's noble rulers.