Cavia

Town Hall

Cavia is a municipality in the province of Burgos, in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. Its landscape is shaped by the Arlanzón River, which flows from north to west. Part of the Alfoz de Burgos region, it is the oldest town in this area, as evidenced by a document from the Cardeña Monastery dated March 1, 899. This indicates a very early Christian occupation and colonization of the Lower Ausín and Middle Arlanzón valleys, shortly after the founding of the city and castle of Burgos. Around 1350, King Alfonso XI of Castile granted Cavia to Don Sancho Ruiz of the Rojas family, originally from Bureba. The Rojas family's coat of arms adorned the main monuments of Castile and Spain, as they were, among other lineages, the Dukes of Lerma, very powerful lords.