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Catedral de Burgos
A jewel of Spanish Gothic architecture and the only cathedral in Spain designated as a standalone UNESCO site.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Castille and León, Spain · Europe
Briviesca sits on the route: 10 minutes from Aguilar de Bureba, 50km from Salto del Nervión.
Briviesca is a town located in Castille and León, Spain. With a population of 6,880, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Briviesca sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Briviesca to your route.
Briviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. According to the demographic data of 2017, the municipality has 6,861Read more
inhabitants, being the 4th most populated in the province. The municipality of Briviesca is made up of five towns: Briviesca (seat or capital), Cameno, Quintanillabón, Revillagodos and Valdazo.
The first settlements date back to the 1st century BC, when the Autrigones, that extended by all the current region of the Bureba and the Upper Ebro valley, established here their capital. Subsequently Briviesca, by then called Virovesca, was already considered an important nucleus of population, where the Romans inhabited in the crossroads of two important Roman roads.
This location, and the boom, in the Middle Ages, of the Camino de Santiago, made Briviesca grow little by little until it reached its maximum splendor in the Renaissance. Nowadays, its location halfway between Miranda de Ebro and Burgos has contributed its industrial and commercial development.
Briviesca has wide green spaces open to fields and mountains, as well as a prominent Monumental Complex with several BICs: the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor; the imposing Monastery of Santa Clara, within there is an important Gothic cloister; the cloister of the "Hospitalillo"; the Plaza Mayor, typical Castilian; its houses and palaces, as well as the Church of San Martín. Close to Briviesca the Santa Casilda's sanctuary is also found.
Briviesca stands out for its large industrial estate "La Vega", in which important industries have been installed since the 70s, although today it is mainly made up of small industries and storage warehouses, especially farm implements, which is the main economic activity, not only of the city, but of the entire region. In the last decades, this has led to Briviesca increasing considerably of population. Nevertheless, due to the economic crisis that started in 2008, this luck was interrupted by losing an average of almost 100 inhabitants per year.
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Briviesca is located in Castille and León, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 42.5499 latitude, -3.3232 longitude.
Briviesca has a population of approximately 6,880 people, making it a town in Spain.
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cathedral
A jewel of Spanish Gothic architecture and the only cathedral in Spain designated as a standalone UNESCO site.
39 km · about 45 min drive
waterfall
Spain's tallest waterfall at 222 meters, dramatically plunging into the Delika Canyon on the Basque Country border.
50 km · about 55 min drive
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Tiny Burgos village where a waterfall pours straight through the middle of the houses and cascades in travertine pools down to the Ebro. Park at the road below and climb the lanes beside the falling water.
50 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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