Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

El Burgo de Osma

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Episcopal town, seat of the Osma diocese

An episcopal town whose growth was tied to its cathedral and its bishops: in 1541 Pedro Álvarez de Acosta founded the University of Santa Catalina, and Antonio Calderón built the town hall and laid out the main square in 1766. In the census of 1787 it was the head of a district in the intendancy of Soria, under the bishop's jurisdiction, with 2,037 inhabitants. In 1808 the troops of Marshal Ney sacked it.

What to see today

Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen (Catedral de la Asunción): Cathedral, 1510 to 1784
Antiguo Hospital de San Agustín (Hospital de San Agustín): Hospital, 1694 to 1699

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