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Huge collection over 3 floors of regional culture and heritage. Scant English signage.
Delightful little church outside the city walls, built maybe 1100 and dedicated to St James the Elder (or Apostle). It's also known as Santiago de los Caballeros - "of the knights" - because of the poetic legend that El Cid was knighted here: Afuera, afuera, Rodrigo, el soberbio castellano, acordásete debría de aquel buen tiempo pasado cuando fuiste caballero en el altar de Santiago, yadda yadda yah . . . As he'd died before the church was built he must have turned up as a corpse in shining armour, as he'd already done at Valencia.
A 7th century Visigoth church dedicated to St Peter was replaced in the 13th century. During the work they turned up relics claimed to be those of San Ildefonso (607-667), hence the dual dedication. He was actually still safely buried in Toledo, but they didn't care to enquire as churches needed holy relics to pull in the crowds and donations. This church was Romanesque but with various alterations down the years.
The 12th century Romanesque Church of John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista) is also referred to as San Juan de Puerta Nueva, as it was near a gate in the city walls.
Diocesan Museum
Early Romanesque little church now housing the Diocesan Museum.
Extensive ruins of an 11th century Cistercian abbey.