San Martín side, arch 1
Bernardo del Carpio
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VERNARDO DEL CARPIO
- Sculptor
- Alejandro Carnicero
- Year
- 1733–1734
- Where it is
- San Martín side, arch 1
Who he was
Medieval Spanish hero
Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled Bernaldo del Carpio) is a legendary hero of the medieval Spain. Until the end of the nineteenth century and the labors of Ramón Menéndez Pidal, he, not El Cid, was considered to have been the chief hero of medieval Christian Spain and was believed to be a historical person.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Bernardo del Carpio, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
