Covarrubias Attractions
Leave Burgos on N I and turn left into the Soria road (N 234), which runs southeast by way of Cuevas de San Clemente to Hortigüela, where a road branches off on the right to Covarrubias (40km/25mi from Burgos). This was the capital of a principality which under Fernán González rose to become the kingdom of Castile and played the decisive role in the Reconquista. There are remains of the town's old fortifications, notably the massive Torreón de Doña Urraca (10th C.).
Collegiate Church
The fine collegiate church (12th C.) contains a triptych of the Three Kings, probably by Gil de Siloé, and numerous tombs of infantes and abbots, including those of Fernán González and his wife, and Princess Cristina of Norway, daughter of Haakon IV, who married the Infante Felipe in 1258. In the sacristy is the parish museum, with fine sculpture, goldsmith's work and pictures by Metsys, Jan van Eyck, Berruguete, El Greco and Zurbarán.
