Miranda de Ebro

Miranda de Ebro stands at a crossing of the Ebro on the roads between Burgos, La Rioja and the Basque country. Its bridge and the privileges of its medieval charter encouraged commerce, with goods passing through the town subject to tolls. Alfonso X granted Miranda a May fair in 1254, adding to its importance as a market. In the later Middle Ages control of the town was contested between the Crown and the Sarmiento family, counts of Salinas.