Located only 27 km from the Portuguese border, Ciudad Rodrigo is far from the well-travelled tourist routes. The town originally served as a Roman outpost, but it was named after Conde Rodrigo González Girón, the count who revived the area in 1100 after numerous Moorish invasions. Fortified during border wars between Spain and Portugal, the city soon grew to be an outpost for the Spanish military. The city walls, which are 2.2 km long, attest to this heritage.
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