Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Burgos

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Provincial capital of 1833

Burgos, an intermittent seat of the Castilian court from 1230 until the Catholic Monarchs, reached its fullness in the 16th century, when the city turned to trade. From the end of that century it declined, worsened by the move of the capital to Madrid and by plague, and renewal only came in the last decades of the 18th century. The province of Burgos was created in 1833.

What to see today

Catedral de Santa María de Burgos (Catedral de Santa María): Cathedral, 1482 to 1568
Arco de Santa María: Gate, 1531 to 1553
Cartuja de Santa María de Miraflores (Cartuja de Miraflores): Monastery, 1532 to 1539
Monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña: Monastery, c. 1501 to 1753
Casa de Miranda (Museo de Burgos) (Casa de Miranda): Palace, 1545

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