The Ribera del Duero is a ''
comarca'' or district located at the southern tip of the province of
Burgos, part of the Spanish
autonomous community of
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
. The capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca or district is the town of
Aranda de Duero.
The Ribera del Duero ''comarca'' slightly overlaps the
Ribera del Duero
Ribera del Duero is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) located in the country's northern plateau and is one of eleven 'quality wine' regions within the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also one of several recogni ...
D.O. wine region but only in the province of Burgos. The Ribera del Duero D.O. wine region stretches about 115km along "the banks of the river Duero" touching the provinces of Soria, Burgos, Segovia and Valladolid. It is bounded on the north by
Arlanza ''comarca'', south by the
Province of Segovia, on the east by the province of
Valladolid and on the west by the
Sierra de la Demanda ''comarca'' and the province of
Soria.
There are about 68 towns and villages (mostly villages) in the Ribera del Duero comarca.
History
Ribera del Duero was repopulated mainly by
Astur,
Cantabri,
Visigothic, ... origins and
Mozarab
The Mozarabs ( es, mozárabes ; pt, moçárabes ; ca, mossàrabs ; from ar, مستعرب, musta‘rab, lit=Arabized) is a modern historical term for the Iberian Christians, including Christianized Iberian Jews, who lived under Muslim rule in A ...
after the border of
Castile County and the kingdom of Cordoba reach the river
Duero.
Geography
The waters of the river
Duero run from east to west all the shire.
Towns & Villages in the Ribera del Duero comarca/district
See also
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Ribera del Duero
Ribera del Duero is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) located in the country's northern plateau and is one of eleven 'quality wine' regions within the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also one of several recogni ...
wine region
External links
Patroturisbur - Ribera del Duero (in Spanish & English)
Hotels, Wineries, Towns, Restaurants and Activities of Ribera del Duero (in Spanish & English)
Liceus - La Ribera del Duero (Burgos) (in Spanish)
Diario de la Ribera (in Spanish)
(in Spanish)
Nuestros pueblos(in Spanish)
Website of the Province of Burgos delegation
Comarcas of the Province of Burgos
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