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{{Short description|Church building in Burgos, Spain}}
[[File:Santa_Águeda_Burgos.JPG | thumb | right | A side facade of the church]]'''''Santa Gadea''''' is({{langx|es|Iglesia thede nameSanta ofÁgueda}}) is a church dedicated to [[Saint Agatha]] in [[Burgos]], [[Spain]]. The church is famous in history and literature for being the site where Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ([[El_Cid|El Cid]]) at the behest of the [[CastilleKingdom of Castile|CastillianCastilian]] [[Cortes_GeneralesCortes Generales|Cortes]], forced [[Alfonso_VI_of_CastileAlfonso VI of Castile|Alfonso VI]] to swear an oath that he was not an accomplice in the death of his brother, [[Sancho_II_of_CastileSancho II of Castile|Sancho]] while he was besieging [[Zamora,_Spain Spain|Zamora]]. [[Romance XX|''Es el de la jura de Santa Gadea'']]<ref>{{cite [web | url=https://www.poesia-inter.net/indx0023.htm] | title=Romance Xx Es el de la Jura de Santa Gadea }}</ref> is the most notable of Spanish medieval [[Romance_Romance (genreheroic literature)|romance]] about this event.
 
The church today is not the same as it was at the time of the swearing of the {{Interlanguage link multi|famous oath|es|3=Jura de Santa Gadea}}, but the place where the event took place is nevertheless marked by an inscription on a plate, positioned on the outside wall beside the church door.
 
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [https://latorredehercules.blogia.com/2004/102805-la-jura-de-santa-agueda-el-cid-y-el-rey-.php A page which explains the history of the Oath and the dynastic and military battles behind it.]
 
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[[Category:BuildingsRoman andCatholic structureschurches in Castile-LeonBurgos]]