Medieval tower of the Velascos in Lezana de Mena (near present-day Valle de Mena, in historic Bardulia.
According to some sources, Bardulia is the ancient name of the territories that composed the primitive Castile in the north of what later became the province of Burgos. The name comes from Varduli, the name of a tribe who, in pre-Roman and Roman times, populated the eastern part of the Cantabrian coast of the Iberian peninsula, primarily in present-day Guipúzcoa. Some assert that the Varduil also encompassed or assimilated the Caristii and Autrigones.
It has been speculated that a possible expansion of the Basque territories—Late Basquisation, an expansion to the Basque Country in the 6th through 8th centuries—occasioned a westward migration of the Varduli to what the documents of the Low Middle Ages call Bardulia.
According to some sources, Bardulia is the ancient name of the territories that composed the primitive Castile in the north of what later became the province...
Gipuzkoa1 Flag Coat of arms Motto(s): Fidelissima Bardulia Numquam Superata ("Most faithful Bardulia, never conquered") Coordinates: 43°10′N 2°10′W /...
castles, towers, or castra,[citation needed] in a territory formerly called Bardulia. The County of Castile, bordered in the south by the northern reaches of...
an area that is referred to in documents from the early Middle Ages as Bardulia, which is mentioned as the cradle of Old Castile, following the decline...
valley what Gatón did in Calatrava. At this point, Rodrigo's realm (called Bardulia) was limited to a small territory bordered the Ebro River in the east,...
ribbon contains the provincial motto, "FIDELISSIMA BARDULIA NUNQUAM SUPERATA (Most Loyal Bardulia, never surpassed)". The coat of arms was topped with...
and beyond. Alfonso's policy consisted in depopulating the borders of Bardulia (which would turn into Castile) in order to gain population support north...
of King Alfonso's death, Ramiro was outside of Asturias in Castile (or Bardulia according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III), where he was attending his...
and Autrigones on a unique territory would later create the County of Bardulia, part of the Crown of Castile. Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula...
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