Padilla de Abajo is a small village located in the province of Burgos, in the kingdom of Spain. It has a romanic chapel that hosts a figure of the Virgin Mary called Nuestra Señora del Torreon. Many of its inhabitants still have "Padilla" as their family name. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Blessed Virgin Mary A traditional Catholic picture sometimes displayed in homes. ...
Founded in the 9th century, but retaining its Visigothic name signifying consolidated walled villages (burgos), the city was the seat of a Catholic bishop from the 10th century and became in the 11th century the capital of the kingdom of Castile.
Burgos was a major stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela.
Burgos Cathedral is the burial place of the 11th-century warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, who was born in a little town near the city, now called Vivar del Cid.
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