Burgos

City, capital of Burgos province, in the Castile-Le�n comunidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�), northern Spain. It is located on the lower slopes of a castle-crowned hill overlooking the Arlanz�n River, about 2,600 feet (800 m) above sea level. Founded in 884 as an eastern outpost of the Asturian kingdom by the Castilian count Diego Rodr�guez Porcelos, it became the capital of the