This is a short section of the Camino del Cid and today it was overcast and raining, a miserable day but our first in 3 weeks. Between Bubierca and Castejón de las Armas the path deteriorates due to lack of use and disappears in places but waymaking is excellent. From then on to Ateca it uses the road.
Bubierca (pop 58) “He passed through Bubierca and Ateca, which is ahead / and next to Alcocer El Cid was going to camp”
The Chapel of San Miguel was built on Bubierca’s promontory in the 15th century over the small Moslem fort that existed in El Cid’s time“The path, which runs amidst abandoned fields, gets worse and worse”A beautiful old bridge over the Jalón River guarded by an abandoned houseCastejón de las Armas (pop 81), an attractive village in a fold in the hillsChapel of the Virgen del Cerro, 15th century above Castejón de ArmasThe Castle, of Islamic origin from the 10th century is today in ruinsBridge over the Piedra River, a link between the two parts of the town The name of Castejón de Armas comes from the old factory of bladed weapons, tempered in the waters of its riverSeal of Castejón de Armas
Ateca (pop 1,674) was occupied by the Cid Campeador in 1081 according to the Cantar de mio Cid.
Tower and Church of Santa María de Ateca, mudejar from the 14th century The tower probably reuses the minaret of an old 13th century mosquePuerta de Ariza, one of 5 gates into the walled enclosure of AtecaAteca Clock Tower built 1560 has a visible inclination
