Torquemada

Torquemada (from Latin turris cremata "burnt tower") is a municipality with about 1000 inhabitants. It is the namesake and presumably the birthplace of the famous Tomas de Torquemada (1420-1498), a Dominican monk and the first Grand Inquisitor of Spain.

The 25-arched and a total of 150 m long stone bridge over the Río Pisuerga was built in the second half of the 16th century by the Master Diego Gómez de Sisniega and his son García. It replaced a wooden construction. The bridge was badly damaged by Napoleon's army in retreat.