Castrojeriz

Castrojeriz stretches along the road to Santiago at the foot of a castle hill west of Burgos. Its long street, churches and former pilgrim hospitals bear the imprint of the journey across the Castilian plateau. In 974 Count García Fernández granted the town a fuero that established local rights and became a model for other settlements in the surrounding territory. The castle above the town and the charter below it together recall Castrojeriz's early role on the Castilian frontier.