Vivar, or Vivar del Cid, is a village of approximately 260 inhabitants,Vivar del Cid
vivardelcid.com, Retrieved 19 March 2018 part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located away from

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. Tradition holds that the village was the birthplace of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, as first written in the Castilian epic poem '' Cantar de Mio Cid''.

Celebrations

*San Antonio de Padua (June 13) *Homage celebrations to D. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. July. (Medieval dinners). *Maundy Thursday procession. (The three falls of Christ). *Patron saint: Saint Michael Arcangel, 29 November.

Monuments

*Church of Saint Michael *Monument to

El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...

Campeador at the ''Solar del Cid''. *Convent of Nuestra Señora del Espino: Founded by Pedro López Padilla and his wife Isabel Pacheco Padilla in 1477. The manuscript of the '' Cantar de mio Cid'' (Lay of the Cid) was kept in its library. Nowadays it is at the

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. *The Cid's windmill: starting point of the

Camino del Cid The Way of El Cid is a cultural and tourist route that crosses Spain from the northwest to the southeast, from Castilla to the Mediterranean coast. It follows the history and the legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, a medieval knight ...

References

External links

Municipal websiteRoute of the Cid (Camino del Cid)
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