This is the castle of Jadraques near Guadalajara in Castilla-La Mancha.
There isn’t a castle in this part of Spain that doesn’t make a claim that El Cid made a visit.
There is no absolute way of knowing if El Cid or his contemporary Alvar Fáñez de Minaya ever really did pass this way but there is a quotation from ‘El Cantar de Mio Cid‘ to provide the evidence that he did.
One thing is for sure – if El Cid did turn up at all the locations that claim that he did then he certainly covered an impressive amount of miles and spent an awful lot of time in the saddle.
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Have Bag, Will Travel 
Brings to mind all the many places that George Washington supposedly slept! 🙂
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Same here with our Queen Elizabeth no. 1
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. . . actually . . .
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/george-washington-slept-here-128209448/
Where you can find:
“Driven by duty to present himself to the citizens of the shaky new union, he spent the night in so many inns and private houses that “George Washington Slept Here” became a real estate cliché, as well as the title of a clunky 1940 stage (and screen) comedy by Kaufman and Hart.”
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Neat link, thanks!
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A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. I feel for him, covering all those miles. 🙂 🙂 Happy Monday, Andrew!
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I hope he had a comfy saddle. Happy Monday to you too!
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hahaha yeah and even more so after reading Don Quijote you find a lot of dreamers there when you drive around barren lands if you take your car lol!
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Good point. Thanks for stopping by.
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That El Cid guy was everywhere. He is big in Valencia.
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I went to Valencia last year. What a great city!
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I like the dramatic clouds behind the castle, Andrew. If El Cid didn’t sleep there, he should have! –Curt
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I don’t think El Cid found much time for sleep!
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Maybe it was like each time he came to a town, he would take a ten minute cat-nap just so the local population could claim El Cid slept there. 🙂
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Perhaps he had super hero powers. That is a cape on his back right? 🙂
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El Cid, the first of the super heroes perhaps, who needs Batman?
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that statue not much of a likeness far as I can see, El Cid looked more like that Yankee actor Charltonsomething or other.
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Good observation Brian!
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