Villalbos is a small village in the north-east of Burgos Province, autonomous community of Castilla-Leon (Spain).

Geography

Villalbos is located in the left border of Oca River that leads to Ebro river. '
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History

At the beginning of the 10th century a Castilian count, don Rodrigo Díaz, known as "Abolmondar Albo" in the ''mozarabic world'', founded a settlement next to the Oca river. From those settlements came the actual towns of Villalmondar ''(Abolmondar)'' and Villalbos ''(Albos)''.

Photo gallery

Image:La Flor 1986.jpg, La Flor str. (1986) Image:Plaza_Santo_Tomas.JPG, Saint Thomas Square (2008)

Church

The Catholic Church of ''Saint Thomas Apostle'' was built in the past but it still keeps the Bell's Tower, the main Latin cross plant and the cemetery.

Demography

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100429073256/http://www.everyoneweb.com/villalbos/ Villalbos "Abolmondar Albo's Land" ''(in Spanish)'' * http://webs.ono.com/villalbos/ ''(Unofficial Web in Spanish Language)'' {{coord, 42, 26, 40, N, 3, 19, 47, W, region:ES_type:city(25)_source:frwiki, display=title Towns in Spain