Santo Domingo de Silos
Santo Domingo de Silos | |
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Municipality and town | |
Church in Santo Domingo de Silos | |
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Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Santo Domingo de Silos | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Burgos |
| Comarca | La Demanda |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.91 km2 (30.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,007 m (3,304 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 251 |
| • Density | 3.18/km2 (8.24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 09610 |
| Website | http://www.santodomingodesilos.es/ |
Santo Domingo de Silos is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2022 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 264 inhabitants.[2] It comprises the villages of Hinojar de Cervera, Hortezuelos, Peñacoba and Santo Domingo de Silos.
The heritage listing of conjunto histórico preserves the village. Touristically, it forms the so-called "Arlanza Triangle" with the neighboring towns of Lerma and Covarrubias, and it also lies along the Camino del Cid.
Some researchers suggest that the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos is linked to the history of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid Campeador), as he and his wife Jimena donated some of their estates to abbey, whose cloister was still under construction in 1081, the year El Cid was exiled.[3]
Main sights
- Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos (7th-18th century).
- Sad Hill Cemetery, reconstructed set of the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)[4]
References
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ^ "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional a 1 de enero". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Información sobre Santo Domingo de Silos en el Camino del Cid". Consorcio Camino del Cid. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ Alonso, J. F. (18 October 2018). "La verdadera historia del cementerio burgalés de "El bueno, el feo y el malo"". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
41°58′N 3°25′W / 41.967°N 3.417°W