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King's Hospital

The Hospital del Rey was founded by Alfonso VIII in 1195 to receive pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago and to care for the sick, under the jurisdiction of the abbess of the monastery of Las Huelgas. Almost nothing remains of that 13th-century Gothic infirmary. What is preserved is the Puerta de Romeros, a 16th-century Plateresque entrance that leads to the courtyard of the same name and to the church, whose doorway shows a scene of pilgrims before St James. Next to the gate are the hermitage of San Amaro and the old cemetery where pilgrims who died were buried. Since the 1990s the building has been a university one: it houses the Rectorate and the Faculty of Law of the University of Burgos. It has been a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1931.

Things to do at King's Hospital: 3 missions

• Admire the Plateresque doorway of the Puerta de RomerosStand in front of the Puerta de Romeros, a 16th-century Plateresque entrance, and run your eyes over its decoration from top to bottom.
• Find the hermitage of San Amaro next to the gateWalk around the complex until you see the hermitage of San Amaro, built against the Puerta de Romeros, next to the old pilgrims' cemetery.
• Look for the pilgrims before St James on the church doorwayGo through the Puerta de Romeros to the hospital church and find on its doorway the scene of the pilgrims before St James.

Near King's Hospital

Source: Web oficial - Turismo Castilla y León, Hospital del Rey